Corruptness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being corrupt; putrid state; corruption.
  • noun. A state of moral impurity: as, the corruptness of a judge.
  • noun. A vitiated state; debasement; impurity: as, the corruptness of language.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality of being corrupt.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state of being corrupt.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
  • noun. the state of being corrupt
  • Word Usage
    "Every economic study shows that the costs to American industries and our economy would be disasterous unless we spent billions of dollars buying carbon credits from bankrupt countries like Russia and underdeveloped nations through a scheme that could rival the Iraq OIl for Food program in corruptness."
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