corruption
/kəˈrʌpʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery贪污; 腐败：
the journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places
一个想揭露高层腐败的记者。
1.1
- the action of making someone or something morally depraved or the state of being so腐败; 堕落：
the word 'addict' conjures up evil and corruption.'
上瘾'这个词使人想起罪恶和堕落。
1.2
- archaic decay; putrefaction〈古〉腐坏; 腐烂：
the potato turned black and rotten with corruption.
土豆变黑腐烂了。
2
- the process by which something, typically a word or expression, is changed from its original state to one that is regarded as erroneous or debased（尤指单词或用语）出错; 讹误; 不标准。
2.1
- the process of causing errors to appear in a computer program or database（计算机程序或数据库）出错。
词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin corruptio（n-）, from corrumpere 'mar, bribe, destroy' （see CORRUPT）.