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political corruption

use of power by government officials for illegitimate private gain
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political corruption

Summary

political corruption ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,248 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • political corruption is a type of corruption[2].
  • political corruption is a type of crime[3].
  • political corruption's Commons category is recorded as Political corruption[4].
  • political corruption's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Political corruption[5].
  • political corruption's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[6].
  • political corruption's topic has template is recorded as Template:Political corruption sidebar[7].
  • political corruption's studied by is recorded as political ethics[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include corruption[2] and crime[3].

Why It Matters

political corruption ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,248 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wellcome collection concept id → zc2te5gg
    Topic's main category → Category:Political corruption
    Topic has template → Template:Political corruption sidebar
    Subclass of → corruption, crime
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007567881105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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