destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity | destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity |
the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government | inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony) |
| lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain |
| moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles |
| decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) |
| in a state of progressive putrefaction |