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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
corruption
/kəˈɹʌpʃən/
noun
actions that are illegal or morally questionable, often performed by a person in a position of power
- “The world has a corruption crisis, not a climate one.”Tatoeba
- “The new government promised to rid the country of corruption.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)