A system of government in which the majority of politicians' souls are bought, usually to keep those with any real power (traced to those who control energy sources on an international level) in power. In America, its the same group of people who buy from all of the major political parties.
Simple anthropometric device used for measuring the correlation between personal corruption and the girth of the bellies of inhabitants of impoverished regions of the world. One notes a generalized increase in levels of illicit behavior as the belly measurements increase. Bolstered by designer gyms, chic life-styles and personal trainers, radically different conclusions will be noted from analysis of corruptometer readings drawn from subjects from the post-industrial world.
"We used the corruptometer to suss out who was dastardly in the group of strangers who took us in following the fall of the dictatorship."