Cor·rup·tion–noun
1.the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
- moral perversion; depravity.
- perversion of integrity.
- corrupt or dishonest proceedings.
- bribery.
- debasement or alteration, as of language or a text.
- a debased form of a word.
- putrefactive decay; rottenness.
- any corrupting influence or agency.
Each fits what has happened here in Cleveland over the last 10 years.
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