How to Use corrupt in a Sentence

corrupt

1 of 2 verb

• The file has been corrupted and no longer works properly.
• Their idealism has been corrupted by cynicism.
• Like many grand ideals, there are always those who corrupt them.
  — Sam Bahour, Washington Post, 3 June 2021
• His mind is warped, his sense of morality corrupted.
  — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
• These people, corrupted by the system, didn’t ‘choose’ to be bad.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
• But the church also taught that the power of music could be corrupting.
  — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
• In this way at least, the mayor follows in the path of Socrates by corrupting the young.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
• Some people think today’s pro athletes are too wealthy to be corrupted.
  — Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
• Goodwill is corrupted on arrival by the modern virtue of avarice.
  — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
• Of course, what that sets up, in the game of Survivor, is someone ready to be corrupted.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
• The unsightly mushroom could have corrupted her maids’ morals, or even their health.
  — Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026
• The system runs on money and money corrupts most politicians.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Feb. 2024
• This is the type of software that can corrupt your laptop or desktop computer.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
• Power can corrupt certain police; certain people do not need to wear a badge.
  — Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022
• Power could fall into your lap at any moment -- but power can corrupt those who aren't careful.
  — Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022
• This is a great safety net against sudden movements that can cause the device to eject, which in turn, could corrupt your files.
  — NBC News, 26 Mar. 2021
• Mistresses and lovers corrupt the scene just as much as physical ailments do.
  — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
• The chances that the data would be corrupted three times is very unlikely, Kinget points out.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2025
• Money corrupts—which, duh—but the Epstein episode tells an even bigger story.
  — Wired, 15 Sep. 2019
• Teams took the tool and immediately set to work corrupting it.
  — Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2020
• Files were easily lost or corrupted.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
• Fake video and audio might once again be poised to corrupt the most basic ways in which people process reality—or what’s left of it.
  — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2022
• If religion is corrupted by breaking down the wall of separation, much the same is true of the state.
  — Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
• The left has to do things like try to corrupt the greatest law enforcement institution the world has ever known.
  — Fox News, 14 Sep. 2018
• That left linebacker Brandon Smith still in position to corrupt the play.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 7 Nov. 2020
• He’s corrupted from the inside by a system that has no regard for his humanity.
  — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
• Yet, there’s a strong counter-argument that power doesn’t corrupt a person, but merely lays bare their ethics or lack thereof.
  — Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
• Exposure to the wrong words is corrupting our children, who aren’t even learning how to decipher the right ones.
  — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 June 2023
• Part of how Rafal has been able to corrupt the system is by making Good all about the superficial.
  — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 20 Oct. 2022
• But left unchecked, the power that Gizelle has over the cast and the show has the potential to corrupt her absolutely.
  — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2026

corrupt

2 of 2 adjective

• The country's justice system is riddled with corrupt judges who accept bribes.
• The horrors of war on one side, and its corrupt runoff on the other.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
• He was known to be one of the corrupt officers who shook people down.
  — Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
• Those infamous words are the hallmarks of a corrupt state.
  — David French, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
• Well, that's absurd, and this was really corrupt from the start.
  — CBS News, 24 May 2026
• Well, that's absurd, and this is really corrupt from the start.
  — CBS News, 24 May 2026
• Bonner’s story is what is right about sports, which seem to become more soiled and corrupt by the minute.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
• The justice system is so corrupt and broken.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
• There is a narrative that the Supreme Court is corrupt.
  — Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 29 Dec. 2025
• This is the sort of conduct that any person on the street would recognize as corrupt to the core.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
• Not that the judge didn’t already have all her corrupt hack credentials in order.
  — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
• Under his rule, the country was known for being among the most corrupt in Africa.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
• The country is also ranked as the most corrupt in Europe.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
• Some businessmen used corrupt cops and judges as weapons in their corporate wars.
  — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
• Maduro was corrupt and repressive.
  — Richard Fontaine, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
• Unbeknownst to him, Plummerville is a shady and corrupt place.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
• It was first published in a corrupt quarto in 1594.
  — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
• Is a corrupt belief getting in the way of expansion?
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
• The source of the funds was a corrupt foreigner, in some cases likely a tool of a foreign state.
  — The Editors, National Review, 17 May 2023
• Many of those problems were the result of a corrupt regime that remains largely intact.
  — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
• Maybe, their computer gets infected with a virus and the data is corrupt.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
• But Conteh says those keep changing - often because of corrupt or opaque deals.
  — David McKenzie, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
• Do these reports offer evidence that the police and courts are corrupt?
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
• Trump’s use of that power was typically corrupt even before that grotesque stunt.
  — St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
• On the other hand, some conduct that is corrupt is patently criminal.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
• The calm weekend turns anything but as Mansell uncovers a corrupt town.
  — Itzel Luna, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
• You’re not supposed to root for these murderesses, their corrupt lawyer, or the tabloid girl reporter.
  — Vulture, 31 Mar. 2023
• He’s then forced to reunite with Julie to take on Spain’s corrupt underworld.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026
• That failure was on corrupt leadership.
  — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
• That failure was on corrupt leadership.
  — Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025