The word corrupt (Middle English, from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere, to abuse or destroy : com-, intensive pref. and rumpere, to break) when used as an adjective literally means "utterly broken".
Corrupt activities
- Abuse of the system
- Bid rigging
- Bribery in politics, business, or sport
- Cartel
- Collusion, an agreement between two or more persons, sometimes illegal and therefore secretive, to limit open competition by deceiving, misleading, or defrauding others of their legal rights, or to obtain an objective forbidden by law typically by defrauding or gaining an unfair advantage
- Cronyism
- Electoral fraud
- Embezzlement
- Influence peddling
- Nepotism
- Organized crime
- Patronage
- Price Fixing
