Noun
1. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
2. in a state of progressive putrefaction
3. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
4. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles;
"the luxury and corruption among the upper classes""moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration""its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity"5. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity;
"corruption of a minor""the big city's subversion of rural innocence"6. inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony);
"he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"