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27.4.09 13:04
tad jau mēs īstenībā par vienu un to pašu: tu vnk sašuvies par to ka tavā izpratnē "korupcija" ir ļoti šauri definēts jēdziens - kukuļdošana/kukuļņemšana/kukuļu izspiešana.

nē, korupcija ir "corruption", http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=corruption
un "bribery" ir tikai viena apakšnozīme...

cor⋅rup⋅tion [kuh-ruhp-shuhn] Show IPA
–noun
1. the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
2. moral perversion; depravity.
3. perversion of integrity.
4. corrupt or dishonest proceedings.
5. bribery.
6. debasement or alteration, as of language or a text.
7. a debased form of a word.
8. putrefactive decay; rottenness.
9. any corrupting influence or agency.

Origin:
1300–50; ME corrupcio(u)n (< AF) < L corruptiōn-, s. of corruptiō. See corrupt, -ion

Synonyms:
2. dissolution, immorality. 8. rot, putrefaction, putrescence, foulness, pollution, contamination.

Antonyms:
1–3. purity. 3, 4. honesty.

Corruption

Cor*rup"tion\ (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [F. corruption, L. corruptio.]
1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to "generation". --Bacon.
2. The product of corruption; putrid matter.
3. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.
It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them. --Hallam.
They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days. --Bancroft.
Note: Corruption, when applied to officers, trustees, etc., signifies the inducing a violation of duty by means of pecuniary considerations. --Abbott.
4. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language.
Corruption of blood (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to others.
Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of Parliament. --Blackstone.
Syn: Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination; deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint. See Depravity.

corruption

noun
1. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain [syn: corruptness] [ant: incorruption]
2. in a state of progressive putrefaction [syn: putrescence]
3. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
4. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
5. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
6. inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"