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Synonyms for corrupt
kəˈrʌptcor·rupt
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Wiktionary
corruptadjective
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corruptedcorruptadjective
In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
The Government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
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corruptedcorruptadjective
With lots of errors in it; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
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corruptedcorruptadjective
In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them.
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corrupted
English Synonyms and Antonyms
corrupt
Rot is a strong word, ordinarily esteemed coarse, but on occasion capable of approved emphatic use; as, "the name of the wicked shall rot," Prov. x, 7; decay and decompose are now common euphemisms. A substance is decomposed when resolved into its original elements by any process; it is decayed when resolved into its original elements by natural processes; it decays gradually, but may be instantly decomposed, as water into oxygen and hydrogen; to say that a thing is decayed may denote only a partial result, but to say it is decomposed ordinarily implies that the change is complete or nearly so. Putrefy and the adjectives putrid and putrescent, and the nouns putridity and putrescence, are used almost exclusively of animal matter in a state of decomposition, the more general word decay being used of either animal or vegetable substances.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
corruptverb
Synonyms:
spoil, deteriorate, impair, putrefy, vitiate, demoralize, debase, defile, contaminate, pollute, depraveAntonyms:
mend, repair, purify, cleanse, correct, ameliorate, bettercorruptadjective
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defiled, polluted, vitiated, decayed, depraved, putrid, rotten, infected, tainted, profligate, contaminated
Princeton's WordNet
corruptadjective
lacking in integrity
"humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
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crooked, corrupted, taintedAntonyms:
perfect, fresh, uncorrupted, incorruptible, incorrupt, unspoiled, antisepticcrooked, corruptadjective
not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
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round-backed, stooping, tainted, round-shouldered, crooked, asymmetrical, corrupted, hunched, stoopedAntonyms:
incorruptible, perfect, uncorrupted, antiseptic, fresh, incorrupt, unspoiledcorrupt, corruptedadjective
containing errors or alterations
"a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
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crooked, corrupted, debased, vitiated, taintedAntonyms:
uncorrupted, unspoiled, incorruptible, incorrupt, antiseptic, fresh, perfectcorrupt, taintedverb
touched by rot or decay
"tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
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crooked, corrupted, taintedAntonyms:
uncorrupted, fresh, incorrupt, unspoiled, antiseptic, incorruptible, perfectcorrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirectverb
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"
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subvert, bring down, mislead, overthrow, alloy, misguide, twist, impair, misaddress, abuse, deflower, demoralise, cloud, misdirect, weaken, get down, debase, counteract, demoralize, sully, convolute, vitiate, profane, deject, lead astray, defile, desecrate, sophisticate, sabotage, load, countermine, mar, taint, overturn, stretch, invalidate, deprave, adulterate, dilute, twist around, undermine, buy, violate, grease one's palms, outrage, cast down, void, dispirit, depress, bribe, misuse, pervert, dismay, debauch, spoilAntonyms:
fresh, uncorrupted, incorrupt, antiseptic, perfect, unspoiled, incorruptiblebribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palmsverb
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
"This judge can be bought"
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grease one's palms, pervert, spoil, vitiate, deprave, debauch, purchase, subvert, profane, defile, sully, debase, misdirect, demoralise, taint, demoralize, buy, cloud, bribeAntonyms:
fresh, unspoiled, incorrupt, uncorrupted, perfect, incorruptible, antisepticdefile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloudverb
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
"sully someone's reputation"
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subvert, besmirch, fog, calumniate, foul, infect, overcast, becloud, befoul, maculate, slander, demoralise, dapple, cloud, misdirect, debase, pervert, demoralize, sully, defame, asperse, vitiate, profane, defile, obscure, mist, stain, haze over, taint, smear, denigrate, deprave, mottle, tarnish, buy, befog, grease one's palms, smirch, bribe, debauch, spoil, obnubilateAntonyms:
incorrupt, uncorrupted, unspoiled, incorruptible, perfect, antiseptic, freshcorrupt, spoilverb
alter from the original
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pamper, subvert, violate, frustrate, scotch, botch, foil, baby, itch, bungle, go bad, deflower, muck up, impair, mishandle, bumble, plunder, demoralise, botch up, cloud, misdirect, blow, debase, screw up, pervert, demoralize, sully, bilk, fumble, flub, rape, profane, featherbed, ball up, defile, bollocks, baffle, bobble, mess up, taint, vitiate, thwart, deprave, bollocks up, mar, indulge, spoil, muff, buy, despoil, louse up, grease one's palms, cocker, foul up, cross, fluff, mollycoddle, bribe, coddle, bollix up, debauch, cosset, bollix, bodgeAntonyms:
uncorrupted, perfect, incorruptible, unspoiled, incorrupt, antiseptic, fresh
Dictionary of English Synonymes
corruptverb
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putrefy, render putridcorruptverb
Synonyms:
contaminate, taint, defile, pollute, infect, vitiate, spoil, adulterate, sophisticate, debasecorruptverb
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deprave, demoralizecorruptadjective
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corrupted, infected, spoiled, tainted, vitiated, putrid, contaminated, unsoundcorruptadjective
Synonyms:
depraved, wicked, vicious, dissolute, profligate, reprobate, abandoned
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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List of paraphrases for "corrupt":
corrupted, corruption, damaged, decadent, bribe, fraudulent, rotten, fraud, bribery
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How to use corrupt in a sentence?
And let me thank everybody in this room for your determination to defeat the worst president in the history of this country. A president who is a racist, a sexist, a homophobe and a religious bigot, together we are going to defeat a president who has the most corrupt administration in history and a president who knows nothing about real American values.
In my conversations with my colleagues, I've been very clear in the danger that exists when people are so willing to lean into lies, like the lie of 87,000 armed IRS agents, that is not real. That is not true. And yet, we see members of Congress and people who want to head to Congress who are willing to call the FBI names, accuse them of being corrupt, all for political gain.
Once again, The Supreme Court has thrown out federal criminal convictions of public officials who, by their own admission, abused their power for corrupt and illegitimate purposes, the harder question is whether Congress will respond to rulings like this one by expanding the scope of these laws, or whether we're going to end up with a world in which criminal liability for such nefarious conduct depends upon the color of one's collar.
We are here today to ask for our rights. The country is corrupt, the garbage is all over the streets and we are fed up with all this.
What Jeb is going to do is frame this race, as ... he is the guy that can fix the problems that face D.C. D.C. is broken, it is incompetent, it is corrupt. We need someone with a proven conservative record that voters can trust.
Translations for corrupt
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- развращавам, развален, покварен, развалямBulgarian
- corrompre, corrupteCatalan, Valencian
- narušit, zkorumpovaný, porušený, zkažený, zkazitCzech
- korrupt, verderben, korrumpierenGerman
- διεφθαρμένοςGreek
- corromper, corruptoSpanish
- korruptoitunut, turmella, turmeltunut, korruptoidaFinnish
- corrompu, corrompre, dévoyéFrench
- olc, meallta, breunScottish Gaelic
- השחיתHebrew
- korupIndonesian
- corrompere, corrottoItalian
- ពុករលួយKhmer
- corrumpoLatin
- verworden, corrupt, verdorven, verdervenDutch
- skorumpowanyPolish
- corrupto, corromperPortuguese
- coruptă, corupe, coruptRomanian
- коррумпированныйRussian
- paramidiSwahili
- tham nhũngVietnamese
- 腐败Chinese
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