Definition of "Corruption" :

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

"He was held on charges of corruption and racketeering."

noun: destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

"Corruption of a minor."

noun: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

"The luxury and corruption among the upper classes."

noun: lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

noun: decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

noun: in a state of progressive putrefaction