Corruption is a general concept describing any organized, interdependent system in which part of the system is either not performing duties it was originally intended to, or performing them in an improper way, to the detriment of the system's original purpose. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...
Specific types of corruption include:
Putrefaction or decomposition of recently living matter. This physical process is the primary model of the metaphorical one of corruption, so advanced states of corruption in, e.g. a political structure are said to result in putrefaction of said structures.
Political corruption, dysfunctions of a political system or institution in which public officials seek illegitimate personal gain through actions such as bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, graft, and embezzlement. "Rent seeking" is a closely related term in economics.
Police corruption, a type of political corruption that infects police departments
Data corruption, the receiving of data which is different from that which was transmitted or otherwise intended
Corruption in fantasy, often referred to as process of converting someone, or something to the dark side
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A civilization corrupts from within when its citizens neglect the real world and instead try to create their own.
CORRUPT investigates the impact of television on people who are too blind to see life outside of the "boob tube."
CORRUPT activists struck a blow against apathy today by removing trash from a highly-visible wildlife area, where government and citizens alike had be content to leave it.
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