English > corrupt: 8 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | lacking in integrity. |
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| Examples | - "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"
- "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
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| Attribute of | corruptness, corruption | lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery) |
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| Narrower | Praetorian, Pretorian | characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality |
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| corrupted, debased, vitiated | ruined in character or quality |
| corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venal | capable of being corrupted |
| depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate | deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good |
| dirty, sordid, shoddy | Unethical or dishonest |
| putrid | morally corrupt or evil |
| sold-out | Having taken a bribe or bribes |
| See also | immoral | deliberately violating / violating accepted principles of right and wrong |
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| Opposite | incorrupt | Free of corruption or immorality / immorality |
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| Spanish | corrupto |
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| Nouns | corruptness | the state of being corrupt / corrupt |
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| Adverbs | corruptly | in a corrupt manner |
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English > corrupt: 8 senses > verb 1, social| Meaning | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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| Examples | - "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"
- "corrupt the morals"
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| Synonyms | pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect |
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| Narrower | bastardize, bastardise | change something so that its value declines |
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| infect | Corrupt with ideas or an ideology / ideology |
| lead off, lead astray | teach immoral behavior to |
| poison | spoil as if by poison |
| sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise | debase through carnal gratification |
| suborn | incite to commit a crime or an evil deed |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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| Spanish | corromper, depravar, desmoralizar, desviar, envilecer, pervertir, profanar, solo miembro embrujar, subvertir, viciar |
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| Catalan | corrompre, pervertir |
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| Adjectives | corruptible | capable of being corrupted |
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| corruptive | tending to corrupt or pervert |
| Nouns | corruption | destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty |
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