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| anticorruption |
combined form of corruption. |
| canker |
any cause of corruption or decay. [2/7 definitions] |
| corruptible |
being open to corruption. |
| depravity |
moral corruption; wickedness. [1/2 definitions] |
| dirty |
characterized by corruption or a lack of scruples. [1/10 definitions] |
| doomscrolling |
the practice of sifting through online news stories and consuming excessively large amounts of news depicting violence, corruption, or devastation. |
| Gilded Age |
in U.S. history, the post-Civil War era, characterized by rapid industrialization, economic expansion, and widespread corruption in business and government. |
| incorrupt |
free from corruption, taint, or error. |
| innocent |
free from corruption or knowledge of evil. [1/6 definitions] |
| muckrake |
to investigate and expose misconduct or corruption, esp. on the part of political or business leaders. |
| muckraker |
one who investigates and exposes misconduct or corruption, esp. on the part of political or business leaders. |
| robber baron |
a U.S. capitalist of the late nineteenth century who acquired great wealth and influence by ruthless exploitation of natural and human resources, market manipulation, political corruption, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| Tammany Hall |
a powerful Democratic organization founded in 1789 in New York City, known for its corruption and political abuse in the late nineteenth century. |
| tenderloin |
(often cap.) a district known for vice or corruption in a large city. [1/2 definitions] |
| Typhoid Mary |
a person who spreads any kind of disease, infection, or corruption. |
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