corruption - Meaning in Malayalam

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corruption - Meaning in Malayalam

corruption Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of corruption in English

corruption noun

1. inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)

   അഴിമതി

   Example

   • "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"
2. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

   Synonyms

   subversion

   അട്ടിമറിപ്രവർത്തനം, ...Subscribe

   Examples

   • "corruption of a minor"
   • "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
3. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

   Synonyms

   degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction

   Examples

   • "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"
   • "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"
   • "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
   • "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"
4. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

   Synonyms

   corruptness

5. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

6. in a state of progressive putrefaction

   Synonyms

   putrescence, putridness, rottenness

Synonyms of corruption

• subversion
• degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
• corruptness
• putrescence, putridness, rottenness

Description

Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted in a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain. Corruption may involve many activities which include bribery, influence peddling and embezzlement and it may also involve practices which are legal in many countries. Political corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts with an official capacity for personal gain.

പൊതുസമ്പത്തിന്റെയോ പൊതുജനാധികാരത്തിന്റെയോ ചൂഷ​ണമോ ദുരുപയോഗമോ ആണ് അഴിമതി. അഴിമതിക്കടിമപ്പെടുമ്പോൾ ഒരു സമൂഹത്തിന്

ധാർമികതയും നൈതികതയും നഷ്ടപ്പെടുന്നു.ഭയമോ നിയമവ്യവസ്തയോട് ബഹുമാനമോ ഇല്ലാത്ത സമൂഹമായി അവർ പരിണമിക്കുന്നു.കൈക്കൂലി,സ്വജനപക്ഷപാതം,പൊതുസ്വത്തപഹരിക്കൽ,സ്വന്തം കാര്യലാഭത്തിനായി നിയമവ്യനസ്ഥയേയോ ഭരണക്രമത്തേയോ സ്വാധീനിക്കൽ,എന്നിങ്ങനെ വിവിധ രീതിയിലുളള അഴിമതികൾ ഉണ്ട്.

Also see "Corruption" on Wikipedia

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