Dictionary entry

Corruption

Pronunciation: /kəˈrʌpʃ(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/kəˈrʌpʃ(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အကျင့်ပျက်မှု။ ခြစားမှု။

Definition

corruption /kǝ'rʌpʃn/ n ၁။ [U] အက်င့္ပ်က္မႈ။ ျခစားမႈ။ ( esp law ) allegations of widespread corruption in high places ❍ cases of bribery and corruption. ၂။ [U] စာရိတၱ ဖ်က္ဆီးျခင္း၊ ပ်က္စီးျခင္း။ 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 ] (ေဝါဟာရ) မူရင္း ပံုသဏၭာန္မွ ပ်က္ယြင္းသြားေသာ ပံုသဏၭာန္။ …ပ်က္ ေဝါဟာရ။ a corruption of the Gaelic word.

Examples

  1. The bank was closed down amid allegations of corruption and fraud.
  2. The arrest of a number of officials on corruption charges
  3. Corruption of the morals of the young
  4. Corruption of the database