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noun ADJ. gross, massive, serious | petty | endemic, rampant, rife, widespread Corruption was rife before the election. | high-level | alleged | financial, moral, political | official | government, police QUANT. case VERB + CORRUPTION attack, combat, curb, eliminate, fight, root out, stem, tackle He strongly attacked corruption and favouritism in the government. This police unit was established to fight corruption. | be involved in CORRUPTION + NOUN scandal She was brought down by a corruption scandal. | allegation The corruption allegations proved false. | investigation PREP. ~ among corruption among high-ranking government officials PHRASES accusations/allegations of corruption, bribery and corruptionCRIME
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corruption
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + corruption
rife
(= very common )
• Corruption was rife in the south of the country.
endemic
(= always present )
• Firstly, we need to tackle the corruption that is endemic in the system.
political/financial corruption
• It is a country with a long history of political corruption.
widespread corruption
• The election campaign was marred by widespread corruption.
alleged corruption
(= that someone is accused of, but that is not proved )
• He is about to be investigated for alleged corruption.
government/police corruption
• There has been plenty of evidence of police corruption.
high-level corruption
(= among people at a high level in society or government )
• He has promised to end high-level corruption.
moral corruption
• Some people see television as a cause of moral corruption in young people.
verbs
fight/tackle corruption
(= try to stop it )
• He criticized the government for failing to fight corruption in high places.
root out corruption
(= find and stop it )
• a new campaign to root out corruption
stamp out corruption
(= stop it completely )
• The party's chairman called for action to stamp out corruption.
expose/uncover corruption
(= show that it exists )
• The newspaper prided itself on exposing corruption in government.
phrases
allegations/accusations/charges of corruption
• He has strongly denied allegations of corruption.
bribery and corruption
• the major crimes of bribery and corruption
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