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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
Synonyms:
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?
Today 48 political parties and organizations have united as a common coalition regardless of party policies, ethnicity and religion to defeat Rajapaksa's corrupt regime.
This has been and is about health care, and we want to be able to have a high-level policy conversation, and as Democrats, we should be able to disagree without asserting that someone doesn't know what they're talking about or should be kicked out of the party or is corrupt.
And as I recall the conversation, he said, 'Look, the President is really concerned that there are people in Ukraine that tried to beat him during this presidential election,' 'He thinks they're corrupt and ... that there are still people over there engaged that are absolutely corrupt.'.
Chris Covelli, a Lake County Sheriff’s Office detective, told FoxNews.com. On Sept. 1, 2015, Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz radioed in from a rural area of Fox Lake that Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz was getting out of Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz cruiser to check on three suspicious men, two white and one black. A short while later Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz was found shot to death, one bullet hitting Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz bulletproof vest, the other striking Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz below the vest, near Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz heart. Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz glasses and other belongings were found strewn around the swampy area, leading investigators to believe the officer engaged in some type of struggle. However, in a stunning twist, police discovered Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz carefully staged Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz suicide to look like murder. Investigators learned the corrupt cop apparently caved under the pressure of living a shocking double life for nearly two decades. It's unheard of in our profession that anyone would think to do something like that and it just shows the emotional state that he must have been in over all of this and knowing that we were getting closer to finding out what was really going on, said Fox Lake Administrator, Anne Marrin. According to investigators, Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz embezzled tens of thousands of dollars from the Fox Lake Explorer program, the' police academy for teens' Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz was hailed as a hero for managing for years. Police say Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz used the money for vacations, car repairs and even adult websites. It was also discovered Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz had extramarital affairs and arranged for Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz own mistress to marry Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz son in order to gain added military benefits. Perhaps the biggest bombshell was that Gliniewicz contacted a hit man to have Marrin murdered. It's crazy. I can't describe it any other way.
He reminded me how thoroughly corrupt Ukraine was and again conveyed his frustration that European Union doesn't do European Union fair share of providing military aid.
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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