corrupt, meaning
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corruptadjective corrupt meaning, definition, what is corrupt: dishonestly using your position or power to get an advantage, especially for money: . Learn more.
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- Define faulty. faulty synonyms, faulty pronunciation, faulty translation, English dictionary definition of faulty. adj. fault·i·er , fault·i·est 1. Containing a fault or defect; imperfect or defective. 2. Obsolete Deserving of blame; guilty. fault′i·ly adv.
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- If someone or something is corrupt, they’re broken morally or in some other way. Corrupt people perform immoral or illegal acts for personal gain, without apology. Corrupt politicians take bribes and deny it. When you corrupt someone, you convince them to do something wrong or even illegal. If you talk your little brother into stealing cookies from the cookie jar, you're corrupting him. Something corrupt is rotten, spoiled, or out of commission, like a file that makes your computer crash. A corrupt person — a criminal, a crook, or a cookie thief — brings society down with immoral and dishonest behavior. Corrupt goes back to the Latin roots cor-, altogether, and rumpere, break.
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Political Corruption Law and Legal Definition Political Corruption Law and Legal Definition. Political corruption means the abuse of political power by the government leaders to extract and accumulate for private enrichment, and to use politically corrupt means to maintain their hold on power.
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bribe Definition of bribe. 1 : money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust police officers accused of taking bribes.
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- vt (morally) → verderben; (ethically) → korrumpieren; (form: = bribe) → bestechen, korrumpieren; (Comput) data → kaputt or unlesbar machen, zerstören; to become corrupted (text, language) → korrumpiert werden; to corrupt somebody’s morals → jdn moralisch verderben
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- Consult each statute that uses the term corruptly for the meaning of the term because corruptly is capable of different meanings in different statutory contexts.
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Politics Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption.
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- The inital testing was $250 (blood test). The shots are $180-200 for the first vials which will last approximately 6 months. After that, the vials will last a bit longer (at full-strength) so we are looking at about $350-400 a year.
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evil All sin is a kind of lying —St. Augustine. At first the evil impulse is as fragile as the thread of a spider, but eventually it becomes as tough as cart ropes —Babylonian Talmud. Bad as a rotten potato —Charlotte Brontë. Corruption is like a ball of snow, when once set a roll, it must increase —Charles Caleb Colton.
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- having or showing lowered moral character or standards corrupt businessmen who are out to fleece the public corrupt business practices that should be investigated Synonyms debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, jackleg, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, rakehell (or rakehelly), rakish, ...
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- verb (used with object), vitiated, vitiating. 1. to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil. 2. to impair or weaken the effectiveness of. 3. to debase; corrupt; pervert. 4. to make legally defective or invalid; invalidate: to vitiate a claim.
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What is corruption? The Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2012 (the ICAC Act) did not create any new offence of corruption. Corruption is a generic term, which the ICAC Act uses to describe a suite of offences, which are criminal in nature. A full definition of corruption can be found in section 5 of the ICAC Act. This very broad definition of corruption captures offences against the Road Traffic Act 1961.
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- Accountability Institutions and Political Corruption in Brazil.  .  &  . . Corruption is a troubling constant in the Brazilian political system, with in-. stances of corrupt behavior readily apparent at the federal, state, and mu-. nicipal levels and across all branches of government. Although the transi-. tion to democracy in 1985 raised expectations of increased transparency.
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- Absence of Corruption. The absence of corruption-conventionally defined as the use of public power for private gain-is one of the hallmarks of a society governed by the rule of law, as corruption is a manifestation...
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Police Corruption and Misconduct Police Corruption and Misconduct. The violation of state and federal laws or the violation of individuals' constitutional rights by police officers; also when police commit crimes for personal gain. Police misconduct and corruption are abuses of police authority.
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corrupt debase - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; adulterate liquor
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- The Bosporus and Dardanelles straights separate the Sea of Marmara from the Aegean and Black Seas. Both straits are on the Europe-Asia boundary and lie within turkey. The Bosporus is located on the northern edge of the Marmara and southwestern edge of the Black Sea. The Bosporus also runs through Istanbul, one of the largest cities in the world.
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Dictionary Definition Refining is the process of purification of a substance. The term is usually used of a natural resource that is almost in a usable form, but which is more useful in its pure form. For instance, most types of natural petroleum will burn straight from the ground, but it will burn poorly and quickly clog an engine with residues and byproducts.
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WEEK AHEAD UK WEATHER monday october 19 2015 10 00 gmt a distinct change to the weather this week at last we re losing the cold easterly winds westerly winds midweek onwards will bring areas of low pressure in from he atlantic and with them wind and rain for all especially northern areas
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- adjective, rottener, rottenest. 1. decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling. 2. corrupt or morally offensive. 3. wretchedly bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory; miserable: a rotten piece of work; a rotten day at the office.
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- Corrupt; dishonest; shady •Often used of corrupt police officers: If I was dirty, I would take what that Cadillac cost/ Maybe he's not dirty on Nijinsky, but he's dirty on something (1670+) Lewd; obscene; blue, raunchy: This dictionary dotes on dirty words/ Eschew dirty thoughts (1599+)
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PRICE FLOOR Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. (English proverb) Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand.. (Native American proverb, Lakota) The forest provides food to the hunter after they are exhaustingly tired. (Zimbabwean proverb)
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- Definition of venal - showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery; corrupt Definition of venal - showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery; corrupt dictionary
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pervert pervert. vb (tr). 1. to use wrongly or badly. 2. to interpret wrongly or badly; distort. 3. to lead into deviant or perverted beliefs or behaviour; corrupt.
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poor poor. adj. poor·er, poor·est. 1. a. Having insufficient wealth to meet the necessities or comforts of life or to live in a manner considered acceptable in a society. b. Relating to or characterized by poverty: the poor side of town. 2. Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium. 3. Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior: a poor performance; poor wages.