Anticorruption

//ˌæntiːkəˈɹʌpʃən// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Movement or actions opposing corruption. uncountable

    "The rhetoric of anti-corruption was one of the few possible discourses of social criticism."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Opposed to or combating corruption

    "The government recently started an anticorruption campaign."

Example

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"Does Algeria have an anticorruption bureau?"

Etymology

From anti- + corruption.

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