Term corrumpire in Roman law used to define verbs such as to break, falsify, bribe, tear, and it used to denote illegal activity directed against/towards something or someone, for example against/towards a judge. This term is made of two Latin words, correi which means parties to an agreement, and rumpere, which means to tear, break, cancel, etc. As a result a term emerged that used to describe the activity of two or more parties whose aim was to create an impediment to normal functioning of legal process or of process of public management.
Corruption = monopoly + discretion – accountability. This means that if a public official enjoys monopoly in relation to some service requested by counteragent, and if this official has a significant degree of discretion in applying or determining regulations and if this official also enjoys lack of accountability – in these circumstances the corrupt practices are most likely to take place.…