Anti-Corruption Glossary

Your first stop to understanding corruption

Corruption occurs in various forms and situations, and there are numerous methods to fight it. In order to successfully fight it, it is necessary to adopt the base definitions right and get acquainted with the basic meanings of the phenomena associated with it.

Here you will find a comprehensive glossary of terms with definitions of some of the most common occurrences and circumstances that affect the emergence and prevalence of corruption or that are a direct consequence of it. Join us in our mission to investigate the causes and ways of combating corruption in all its forms.

• a

• Administrative dispute
• Amnesty
• Asset recovery

• b

• Bankruptcy

• c

• Censorship
• Civil society
• Complaint
• Compliance
• Concession
• Conflict of interest
• Connected persons
• Corruption perception index
• Criminal charges

• e

• Executive procedure

• f

• Free access to information

• g

• Grand corruption

• h

• High corruption

• i

• Investigation

• m

• Management

• n

• NGO

• o

• Order of Non-Investigation
• Order to conduct an investigation
• Order to stop the investigation

• p

• Plea agreement
• Political contribution
• Political will
• Proactive transparency
• Public body
• Public competition
• Public Official

• r

• Rule of law

• s

• Secret agreement
• Sextortion
• State capture
• State owned enterprise (SOE)
• Statute of limitations

• t

• Transparency

• v

• Vetting

• w

• Whistle Blowing
• Whistleblower