Money and power gradually led to the corruption of his originally honest character.

corruption 是名词，来自动词 corrupt（使腐败、使堕落）。corrupt 由前缀 cor-（表示"完全、彻底"）和词根 rupt（来自拉丁语 rumpere，意为"打破、破坏"）组成，字面意思是"完全破坏"。 corruption 指"腐败、堕落"，描述道德或行为从良好状态逐渐变坏的过程。