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Originally Posted by murraypaul
That just isn't what the word means.
You can choose to use a word however you wish, but don't expect people to understand you when you do so. Corruption is not a synonym for immorality.
Noone has answered the questions I posed earlier, so I'll ask them again.
Is someone who cheats on their spouse corrupt?
Someone who cheats on a test?
Someone who lies to get elected?
All of these things are immoral.
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They also lack integrity, hence corrupt.
if you personally are too illiterate to be able to read and comprehend the definitions Anamardol posted earlier, that is your deficiency and no one elses.
They exhibit a pattern of moral decay.
You may work in an environ where only a narrow use of corrupt is used. That does not negate common usage for everyone else.