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• “use of a position of trust for dishonest gain“

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• corruptness the state of being corrupt ; lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery)

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• putrescence in a state of progressive putrefaction ; the quality of rotting and becoming putrid
• putridness in a state of progressive putrefaction
• rottenness in a state of progressive putrefaction ; the quality of rotting and becoming putrid

• “impairment of virtue and moral principles“
• “the luxury and corruption among the upper classes“
• “moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration“
• “its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity“
• “Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction“

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• degeneracy the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities ; moral perversion
• depravation moral perversion
• depravity moral perversion; a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
• putrefaction a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor ; (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action ; moral perversion

• “undermining moral integrity“
• “corruption of a minor“
• “the big city’s subversion of rural innocence“

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• subversion destroying someone’s (or some group’s) honesty or loyalty; the act of subverting

• “he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering“