corruption

form of dishonesty or criminal offense undertaken by a person or organization entrusted with a position of authority, to acquire illicit benefit or abuse power for one's private gain
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corruption

Summary

corruption ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,894 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • corruption is a type of wrongdoing[2].
  • corruption is a type of crime[3].
  • corruption is a type of abuse of power[4].
  • corruption is part of abuse[5].
  • corruption's Commons category is recorded as Corruption[6].
  • corruption is the opposite of anti-corruption[7].
  • corruption comprises political corruption[8].
  • corruption comprises police corruption[9].
  • corruption comprises judicial corruption[10].
  • corruption's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Corruption[11].
  • corruption's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[12].
  • corruption's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[13].
  • corruption's topic has template is recorded as Template:Corruption[14].
  • corruption's has characteristic is recorded as evil[15].
  • corruption's manifestation of is recorded as governance failure[16].
  • corruption's different from is recorded as bribery[17].
  • corruption's has part is recorded as abuse of power[18].
  • corruption's has part is recorded as bribery[19].
  • corruption's has part is recorded as embezzlement[20].
  • corruption's has part is recorded as nepotism[21].
  • corruption's has part is recorded as cronyism[22].
  • corruption's practiced by is recorded as فاسد[23].
  • corruption's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include wrongdoing[2], crime[3], and abuse of power[4]. corruption is the opposite of anti-corruption[7].

Use and Application

Components include political corruption[8], police corruption[9], and judicial corruption[10]. corruption is part of abuse[5].

Influence

Things named for corruption include Corruption[25], a film[26], directed by Robert Hartford-Davis[27] and Corruption of Champions II[28], a video game[29].

Why It Matters

corruption ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,894 views/month).[1] corruption has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] corruption is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for corruption include Corruption[25], a film[26], directed by Robert Hartford-Davis[27] and Corruption of Champions II[28], a video game[29].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . differencebetween.com. differencebetween.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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