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corrupt
Synonyms and Antonyms of corrupt
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
bent [chiefly British], crooked, cutthroat, dishonest, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous
contaminated, spoiled, tainted
bad, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, nefarious, sinful, vicious, wicked
Synonym Discussion of corrupt
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- a vicious gangster
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- a villainous assault
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- an iniquitous system of taxation
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- the nefarious rackets of organized crime
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- city hall was rife with corrupt politicians
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- a degenerate regime propped up by foreign powers
corrupt
Synonyms and Antonyms of corrupt
1
to go through decomposition
sour, turn, turn off [British]
contaminate, defile, pollute, taint
crumble, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, dilapidate, sink, wither
fall apart, go to seed (or run to seed)
2
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
abase, bastardize, canker, cheapen, debase, debauch, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, lessen, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, vitiate, warp
3
to influence someone with a bribe
get at, grease the hand of (or grease the palm of), oil the hand of (or oil the palm of)
Synonym Discussion of corrupt
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- commercialism has debased the holiday
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- a foreign policy vitiated by partisanship
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- the claim that society is depraved by pornography
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- the belief that bureaucratese corrupts the language
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- the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew
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- perverted the original goals of the institute
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