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  • noundishonesty
  • nounbaseness
  • nounadulteration

synonyms for corruption

  • bribery
  • crime
  • exploitation
  • extortion
  • fraud
  • graft
  • malfeasance
  • nepotism
  • crookedness
  • demoralization
  • jobbery
  • misrepresentation
  • payoff
  • payola
  • racket
  • shadiness
  • shuffle
  • skimming
  • squeeze
  • unscrupulousness
  • venality
  • breach of trust
  • bribing
  • fiddling
  • fraudulency
  • on the take
  • profiteering
  • shady deal
On this page you'll find 165 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to corruption, such as: bribery, crime, exploitation, extortion, fraud, and graft.

antonyms for corruption

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  • cleanliness
  • cleanness
  • decency
  • goodness
  • honesty
  • honor
  • kindness
  • pureness
  • purification
  • purity
  • sterility
  • truthfulness
  • wholesomeness
  • good
  • goodness
  • morality
  • virtue
  • cleanliness
  • cleanness
  • decency
  • honesty
  • honor
  • kindness
  • pureness
  • purification
  • purity
  • sterility
  • truthfulness
  • wholesomeness
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How to use corruption in a sentence

Except, well, those countries are not safe — corruption, crime, violence, and lack of economic opportunity have driven hundreds of thousands to flee the countries in recent years.
WHAT TO MAKE OF THE DHS WHISTLEBLOWER’S SHOCKING COMPLAINTALEX WARDSEPTEMBER 11, 2020VOX
When we asked Brian Kolfage last month to explain how his group We Build the Wall had spent the $25 million it had raised, plus address concerns of corruption when the private sector takes over the building of border walls, he scoffed.
PRIVATE BORDER WALL FUNDRAISERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON FRAUD CHARGESBY PERLA TREVIZO, JEREMY SCHWARTZ AND LEXI CHURCHILLAUGUST 20, 2020PROPUBLICA
That, again, is Jason Robins from DraftKings, talking about corruption in sports.
THE ECONOMICS OF SPORTS GAMBLING (EP. 388 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERAUGUST 20, 2020FREAKONOMICS
The soldiers arrested the president following months of mass protests against corruption and escalating insecurity in Mali, where Islamic militants have been active since 2012.
HOW MALI’S SECURITY CRISIS AND CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS BROUGHT THE MILITARY BACK TO POWERCHIDINMA IRENE NWOYEAUGUST 19, 2020QUARTZ
They assess the specific agency’s track record on corruption, safety, finance, and abuse—as well as factoring in how much it needs the tool.
INSIDE NSO, ISRAEL’S BILLION-DOLLAR SPYWARE GIANTTATE RYAN-MOSLEYAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
When people repeatedly do things that aren’t allowed—from jaywalking to engaging in business corruption—their social-credit score falls and they can be blocked from things like buying train and plane tickets or applying for a mortgage.
INSIDE CHINA’S UNEXPECTED QUEST TO PROTECT DATA PRIVACYTATE RYAN-MOSLEYAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
It is very much an inward set of grievances focused on the fact that there is tremendous corruption, poverty.
WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT BELARUSTRACY MORANAUGUST 17, 2020OZY
The search for shortcuts to finding corruption of thought keeps coming up empty—keeping much of psychiatry in the past and blocking the road to progress.
MACHINES CAN SPOT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES—IF YOU HAND OVER YOUR PERSONAL DATABOBBIE JOHNSONAUGUST 13, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Sorensen said neighborhoods used to have special parks funds controlled by recreation committees until some corruption within the system ended the practice citywide.
IF YOUR LOCAL PARK SUCKS, THIS IS PROBABLY WHYMACKENZIE ELMERJULY 6, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
Those economic problems, corruption problems, and government and so on.
SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY BIG DATA (EP. 395)STEPHEN J. DUBNEROCTOBER 31, 2019FREAKONOMICS
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WORDS RELATED TO CORRUPTION

  • corruption
  • crime
  • debasement
  • delinquency
  • desecration
  • exploitation
  • fault
  • injustice
  • misapplication
  • misconduct
  • misdeed
  • mishandling
  • mismanage
  • misuse
  • offense
  • perversion
  • prostitution
  • sin
  • wrong
  • wrongdoing
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