corruptness

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The well-argued piece frames the discussion of the NCAA’s corruptness through the lens of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari’s public perception.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2015

He is the only so-called political boss I have ever known at whom the finger of suspicion could not be pointed charging him with personal corruptness.

From Time Magazine Archive

One would like to know what 'unlawful or corrupt stuff' is, and whether the corruptness be physical through putridity, or merely metaphysical and created, like the unlawfulness by statute.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443 Volume 17, New Series, June 26, 1852 by Chambers, William

Father was mayor at one time and held various other public offices, and no one, at least, ever accused him of civic corruptness.

From The Sisters-In-Law by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

The editors of Aristotle complain of the corruptness of his text; a far worse corruptness lies behind.

From Practical Essays by Bain, Alexander