CORRUPTION Copy link • CORRUPTIONAct of corrupting, or state of being corrupted, corruptio (rare: perhaps only Cic., Tusc., 4, 13, 28, totius corporis corruptio, as definition of morbus; and id. ib., 29, corruptione opinionum): depravatio (e.g., of mind). ☞ OBSERVE, corruptela is what contributes to the corruption of anything; or corruption as action, corruptela juventutis (genetive objective), Krebs. State of decomposition, putor: putredo (the state of putrefaction). In a moral sense, corruptio; depravatio; pravitas; turpitudo [SYN. in To CORRUPT]. Corruption of mind, depravatio et foeditas animi; of manners, mores corrupti depravatique: mores perditi: mores turpes: mores corruptela depravati (Cic., Legg., 2, 15; not corruptela morum). Bribery, corruptela (with reference to the demoralization of the person bribed): largitio (with reference to the bribe itself): ambitus (with reference to the canvassing, e.g., for places under government).