This meaning is about people doing bad things to get money or power. It often happens in governments or big companies. It is illegal and not honest.
The police officer was fired for corruption.
Corruption can hurt a country's economy.
This meaning means things like metal, food, or other materials getting damaged or rotten. It is a physical change where something breaks down.
The corrosion showed corruption in the metal.
Corruption of fruit makes it soft and bad.
Here, corruption means that computer files or information are broken or wrong. This makes data hard to use or read.
The file showed corruption after the crash.
Corruption in the data stopped the program.
Linguists use 'corruption' to talk about words that change over time. The new word is often different from the old one and may be wrong or informal.
This is a corruption of the old word.
Some corruptions happen in spoken language.
In medicine, corruption means that parts of the body or cells start to rot or break down. This is usually because of sickness or germs.
The wound showed corruption and infection.
Tissue corruption can cause pain and illness.
