Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties, is done under color of law or involves trading in influence.

Forms of corruption vary, but include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, gombeenism, parochialism patronage, influence peddling, graft, and embezzlement. Corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking, though is not restricted to these activities. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is also considered political corruption.

The activities that constitute illegal corruption differ depending on the country or jurisdiction. For instance, some political funding practices that are legal in one place may be illegal in another. In some cases, government officials have broad or ill-defined powers, which make it difficult to distinguish between legal and illegal actions. Worldwide, bribery alone is estimated to involve over 1 trillion US dollars annually. A state of unrestrained political corruption is known as a kleptocracy, literally meaning "rule by thieves".

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. No
2. Nine
3. drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking
4. No
5. No
6. When government officials have broad or ill-defined powers
7. 1 trillion US dollars
8. annually
9. kleptocracy
10. Yes
11. political corruption
12. some political funding practices
13. repression of political opponents is political corruption
14. No
15. government officials
16. for private gain
17. influence
18. Yes
19. unknown
20. No
1. Is the article about something positive?
2. How many types of corruption are mentioned?
3. What illegal actions could corruption help?
4. Do those have to be involved for it to be corruption?
5. Is it defined precisely the same way everywhere?
6. When can it be hard to tell if something is corruption?
7. Much much money is moved this way, around the world?
8. How often?
9. What term means the people in power can steal?
10. If cops act too aggressively, can that be called corruption?
11. What kind?
12. What is something that may be allowed in some areas but not in others according to the article?
13. What does the article mention about corruption in terms of government enemies?
14. If a politican does something corrupt in their personal life, is that political corruption?
15. What kind of people can be involved in political corruption?
16. What do they do it for?
17. Exchange of what would be called corruption?
18. Is bribery common worldwide?
19. What is the most popular form of corruption?
20. Is all corruption the same?