corruption

corrupción

Uso deshonesto del poder o de un cargo público para obtener dinero o beneficios personales.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: dishonesty, graft

Antónimos: integrity

Expresiones frecuentes: political corruption, fight corruption, corruption scandal, government corruption

deterioro, alteración, corrupción

Cambio que daña algo o reduce su exactitud, pureza o calidad.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: corruption of something (The missing words resulted from corruption of the original text.)

Sinónimos: deterioration, degradation

Expresiones frecuentes: data corruption, corruption of something, moral corruption