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Type Words
Synonyms corrupted


a corrupt text.
spoke a corrupted version of the language.
Type Words
Synonyms tainted


`corrupt' is archaic.
Type Words
Synonyms debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate
Type of alter, change, modify
Has types bastardize, sensualise, carnalise, carnalize, lead off, poison, suborn, sensualize, lead astray, bastardise, infect
Derivation corruptible, corruption, corruptive


Socrates was accused of corrupting young men.
corrupt the morals.
Type Words
Synonyms bribe, buy, grease one's palms
Type of pay
Has types pay off, buy off, sop
Derivation corruptible
Type Words
Synonyms cloud, defile, sully, taint
Type of impair, spoil, vitiate, deflower, mar
Type Words
Synonyms crooked
Derivation corruptness
Type Words
Synonyms spoil
Type of modify
Has types load, stretch, adulterate, debase, dilute
Type Words
Derivation corruptness


humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation.
a corrupt and incompetent city government.

Examples of corrupt

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Until this time, he has been working only to bring corrupt officials to justice.
From the forbes.com
Six other men are charged conspiring to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Holding Wall Street and corrupt officials accountable is what the public craves.
From the forbes.com
Despite billions of dollars of aid, Afghan institutions remain weak and corrupt.
From the guardian.co.uk
Move it to Rome have the corrupt massive goverment southern states remain in it.
From the guardian.co.uk
Peking used to control the corrupt Burmese generals through bribes and bullying.
From the economist.com
More seriously, until 20 years ago Croatia was not a particularly corrupt place.
From the economist.com
In the most corrupt countries the rulers simply help themselves to public money.
From the economist.com
Leyzaola's cleanup strategy saw the purge of hundreds of allegedly corrupt cops.
From the thenewstribune.com
More examples
  • Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
  • Lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
  • Bribe: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
  • Crooked: not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
  • Containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
  • Defile: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
  • Corrupt is a 1999 film starring Ice-T and Silkk The Shocker.
  • "Corrupt" was originally intended as the second Angel episode, but the production was abandoned, and instead "Lonely Hearts" was written and produced.
  • Corrupt, created in mid 1982 by bass guitarist Bernard Edwards, was Detroit's premier heavy metal band. With the union of singer Scott "kaos" Chamberlain and bassist Bernard Edwards, the group incorporated a variety of other members and quickly became known throughout Detroit's east side.