The phrase "as a corruption of the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the alteration or distortion of a word, phrase, or concept over time.
Example: "The term 'gobbledygook' is often seen as a corruption of the original language used in bureaucratic documents."
Alternatives: "as a distortion of the" or "as a perversion of the".
In spite of the Supreme Court's approval, Lessig describes this fixation on money as a "corruption of the system".
But as raves become more mainstream, "old-school" ravers like Ms. Lin are troubled by what they see as a corruption of the vibe by newcomers who are more interested in looking cool than in dancing and the music.
While I may be interested in an object for the sake of the emotion that it arouses, the case is peculiar the case, in fact, of sentimentality, often dismissed by moralists as a spiritual corruption and equally by critics as a corruption of the aims of art.
Later Kabbalists were aware "of a possible connection between these ideas and the Christian Trinity," but explained the latter as a corruption of the former.
As the story goes on, and Cain kills Abel, evil spreads to all the people of the earth, and Genesis describes the basic state as a corruption of the heart (6:9).
The term "goanna" came about as a corruption of the name "iguana".
An earlier use was defined in a 1933 American Speech as "Gonzel, Catamite" (a corruption of the name of Jupiter's cupbearer, Ganymede).
You'll also find the name written and pronounced as "vragghie", said to be a corruption of the original Gaelic name Beinn a'Bhragaidh.
That name was explained by the Crusader chronicler William of Tyre as a corruption of domus Graecorum, "house of the Greeks".
The drive to keep down costs and increase the speed of production led to the employment of cheap unskilled labour and to the widespread toleration of dangerous and unhygienic practices among growers and processors, which regulatory bodies have failed to police.Mr Schlosser, who is a skilful and persuasive investigative reporter, sees all this as a damaging corruption of the free market.
Its original name was Mathematike Syntaxis ("The Mathematical Arrangement"); Almagest arose as an Arabic corruption of the Greek word for greatest (megiste).
