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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish corrupción, from Latin corruptiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
korupsiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)
- corruption
- Synonym: katiwalian
1987, Tulay: Literary Journal of the World News:Di sila ang sanhi ng korupsiyon. Sumasakay lamang sila sa korupsiyon. Si Tan Siok , ang tauhang Tsino sa kuwentong Kopra ni Miguel C. Arguelles ay may-ari ng isang bodega. Sa madaling sabi y isa siyang komprador.- They're not the cause of corruption. They're only going with the flow. Tan Siok, the Chinese in the story "Kopra" by Miguel C. Arguelles, is the owner of a warehouse. In short, he's a bulk buyer.
2007, Bobby M. Tuazon, Dissecting Corruption: Philippine Perspectives:Ang ating kalaban ay ang kanser ng korupsiyon na parang anay na walang kabusugan kung gumapang at manira sa dangal ng bawat kawani ng gobyerno.- Our enemy is the cancer of corruption which is like termites that do not stop on crawling and destroying the reputation of every government official.
Further reading
- “korupsiyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018