corruption

corruption

Utilisation malhonnête du pouvoir ou d’une fonction publique pour obtenir de l’argent ou des avantages personnels.

En anglais simple : Dishonest use of power or a public position to get money or other personal benefits.

• The mayor promised to fight corruption.
• Several police officers were arrested for corruption.
• The investigation exposed corruption within the government.

Synonymes : dishonesty, graft

Contraires : integrity

Expressions courantes : political corruption, fight corruption, corruption scandal, government corruption

altération, dégradation, corruption

Changement qui abîme quelque chose ou lui fait perdre sa justesse, sa pureté ou sa qualité.

En anglais simple : A change that damages something or makes it less correct, pure, or good.

• Data corruption made the file unreadable.
• She blamed greed for the corruption of their values.
• This spelling is a corruption of an older word.

Comment l'utiliser : corruption of something (The missing words resulted from corruption of the original text.)

Synonymes : deterioration, degradation

Expressions courantes : data corruption, corruption of something, moral corruption