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corruption  

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  • Corruption refers to the abuse of a private or public office for personal gain. As private economic actors in capitalist societies, corrupt agents seek to maximize corporation profits by short-circuiting the usual and customary means of doing business. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Deviance; Corruption]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MX5CDT6D-2

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