corruption

the use of a position of power or trust for dishonest purposes, especially in order to get money or other valuable things illegally

corrupción, soborno, fraude

• fight against corruption

Collocations political corruption · financial corruption

• The government is trying to fight corruption.

  El gobierno está tratando de combatir la corrupción.

dishonest or illegal behavior, especially by people in positions of power or responsibility

corrupción, mala fe, deshonestidad

• be accused of corruption

Collocations official corruption · bribery and corruption

• He was accused of corruption.

  Fue acusado de corrupción.

the act of changing something, especially in a way that is not honest or legal

alteración, modificación ilegal, corrupción

• corruption of data

Collocations data corruption · text corruption

• There was a serious case of data corruption.

  Hubo un caso serio de corrupción de datos.