corruption
/kəˈrʌpʃ(ə)n/
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American sound/kəˈrʌpʃ(ə)n/
kəˈrʌpʃən
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kə - ˈrʌpʃən -> corruption
Myanmar meaning
(n) အကျင့်ပျက်မှု။ ခြစားမှု။
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corruption /kǝ'rʌpʃn/ n
၁။ [U] အကျင့်ပျက်မှု။ ခြစားမှု။
(esp law ) allegations of widespread corruption in high places ❍ cases of bribery and corruption.
၂။ [U] စာရိတ္တ ဖျက်ဆီးခြင်း၊ ပျက်စီးခြင်း။ officials who are open to corruption (ie will accept offers of money, etc) ❍ He claimed that sex and violence on TV led to the corruption of young people.
၃။ [C usu sing ] (ဝေါဟာရ) မူရင်း ပုံသဏ္ဌာန်မှ ပျက်ယွင်းသွားသော ပုံသဏ္ဌာန်။ …ပျက် ဝေါဟာရ။ a corruption of the Gaelic word.
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dishonesty, bribery, sleaze, fraud, vice, adulteration, atrocity, baseness, breach of trust, bribing, crime, crookedness, debasement, decadence, decay, defilement, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, demoralization, depravity, distortion, doctoring, evil, exploitation, extortion, falsification, fiddling, foulness, fraudulency, graft, harm, immorality, impurity, infamy, infection, iniquity, jobbery, looseness, lubricity, malfeasance, misrepresentation, nepotism, noxiousness, on the take, payoff, payola, perversion, pollution, profiteering, profligacy, putrefaction, putrescence, racket, rot, rottenness, shadiness, shady deal, shuffle, sinfulness, skimming, squeeze, turpitude, unscrupulousness, venality, viciousness, vulgarity, wickedness
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