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| 1. | [ adjective ] lacking in integrity | |
| Examples: | "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation" "a corrupt and incompetent city government" |
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| Related terms: | incorrupt incorrupt sold-out corrupted dirty Augean praetorian depraved putrid corruptible corruptness | |
| 2. | [ verb ] corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | |
| Synonyms: | deprave demoralize debase profane vitiate debauch misdirect demoralise subvert pervert | |
| Examples: | "debauch the young people with wine and women" "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men" "Do school counselors subvert young children?" "corrupt the morals" |
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| Related terms: | change poison lead_off whore sensualize bastardize suborn infect demoralization orgy corruption profanation violator pervert | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive | |
| Synonyms: | crooked | |
| Related terms: | straight sneaky dishonest dishonest unlawful honesty | |
| 4. | [ verb ] place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | |
| Synonyms: | sully taint cloud defile | |
| Examples: | "sully someone's reputation" |
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| Related terms: | mar cloud | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] touched by rot or decay | |
| Synonyms: | tainted | |
| Examples: | "tainted bacon" "`corrupt' is archaic" |
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| Related terms: | rotten | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] containing errors or alterations | |
| Synonyms: | corrupted | |
| Examples: | "a corrupt text" "spoke a corrupted version of the language" |
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| Related terms: | imperfect | |
| 7. | [ verb ] (law) make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence | |
| Synonyms: | buy bribe grease_one's_palms | |
| Examples: | "This judge can be bought" |
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| Related terms: | pay buy_off sop crime bribe | |
| 8. | [ verb ] alter from the original | |
| Synonyms: | spoil | |
| Related terms: | modify adulterate spoliation | |
| Similar spelling: |
corruptly corrupted corruptive corruption corrupting courbet Corbitt corbett corvette |
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