as in rotten
having undergone organic breakdown
corrupted corpses that sickened the animal control officers sent to investigate
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as in decomposed
to go through decomposition
a dead mouse corrupting in the walls produced a terrible smell
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as in degraded
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
some observers believe that grossly violent movies corrupt the people who watch them as well as the people who make them
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as in bribed
to influence someone with a bribe
he bragged about having corrupted half of the officials on the city council
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Recent Examples of corrupted
Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
Only the corrupted mediums of mass communication have changed.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2026
But digital forensics experts kept working to find images in back-end software that might have been lost, corrupted or inaccessible.
—ABC News, 15 Feb. 2026
Blakeney is described as accepting bribes from Fairley and Hennen and recruiting other players from the Dragons to join a scheme that undermined the integrity of games and corrupted wagers.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Visual elements seem corrupted.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
After all, Eleven inadvertently created Vecna (and the Upside Down)—another powerful child could open a new bridge to the Abyss, or become corrupted, as Henry was.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
Two decades later, the past reawakens when an email from the missing girl triggers the same sinister pop-up, pulling her childhood friends into a corrupted corner of the internet—and into the heart of Japan’s most chilling digital myth.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
Signalis’s radio-receiver module is reminiscent of Metal Gear Solid’s radio conversations, and players will need to utilize it to unlock safes and fight against corrupted enemies.
—George Yang, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
David Frum, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
But, if the release of the Epstein files has accomplished anything, it’s been to demonstrate how, on both sides of the Atlantic, systems corrupted by money are ripe for reform.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
American culture will not be mocked or corrupted without consequence.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Feb. 2026
When the media are corrupted and play with the truth regarding political and ideological agendas, democracy dies.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
Finance professors rarely research NFL officiating, but the authors’ interest in regulatory capture—when regulators are corrupted by the entities they’re supposed to be regulating—led them to a trove of useful data.
—Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Tracy Anderson believes most people today have had their attention spans hijacked by social media and their perception of beauty corrupted by trends.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 Jan. 2026
Trump has thoroughly corrupted the Justice Department, but its selective prosecutions of his foes have been thwarted by judges and, more strikingly, by grand juries.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Murry corrupted and perverted and destroyed Katherine both as a person and a writer […] Her gifts were those of an intense realist, with a superb sense of ironic humour and fundamental cynicism.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
And then as with all of those artists that are beyond music but are actually cultural icons, all of the corruptive things come, and the body becomes corrupted.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
Only the corrupted mediums of mass communication have changed.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2026
But digital forensics experts kept working to find images in back-end software that might have been lost, corrupted or inaccessible.
—ABC News, 15 Feb. 2026
Blakeney is described as accepting bribes from Fairley and Hennen and recruiting other players from the Dragons to join a scheme that undermined the integrity of games and corrupted wagers.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Visual elements seem corrupted.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
After all, Eleven inadvertently created Vecna (and the Upside Down)—another powerful child could open a new bridge to the Abyss, or become corrupted, as Henry was.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
Two decades later, the past reawakens when an email from the missing girl triggers the same sinister pop-up, pulling her childhood friends into a corrupted corner of the internet—and into the heart of Japan’s most chilling digital myth.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
Signalis’s radio-receiver module is reminiscent of Metal Gear Solid’s radio conversations, and players will need to utilize it to unlock safes and fight against corrupted enemies.
—George Yang, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
Because the Republican Party and the conservative movement have both been so deeply corrupted.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
But, if the release of the Epstein files has accomplished anything, it’s been to demonstrate how, on both sides of the Atlantic, systems corrupted by money are ripe for reform.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
American culture will not be mocked or corrupted without consequence.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Feb. 2026
When the media are corrupted and play with the truth regarding political and ideological agendas, democracy dies.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
Finance professors rarely research NFL officiating, but the authors’ interest in regulatory capture—when regulators are corrupted by the entities they’re supposed to be regulating—led them to a trove of useful data.
—Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Tracy Anderson believes most people today have had their attention spans hijacked by social media and their perception of beauty corrupted by trends.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 Jan. 2026
Trump has thoroughly corrupted the Justice Department, but its selective prosecutions of his foes have been thwarted by judges and, more strikingly, by grand juries.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Murry corrupted and perverted and destroyed Katherine both as a person and a writer […] Her gifts were those of an intense realist, with a superb sense of ironic humour and fundamental cynicism.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corrupted
Adjective
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Other signs include a rotten-egg smell in the water, odd noises from the water heater, rust-colored water, and low water pressure.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Feb. 2026
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There’s no sticky floors or rotten wood smell.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2026
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Fifty-six days later, homicide investigators arrive at Oliver’s apartment to find an unidentified body—brutally murdered and intentionally decomposed.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Feb. 2026
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The body was decomposed, a fire official said.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The 2026 State of the Union speech stands in contrast, a speech by a mendacious demagogue who has degraded his listeners by debauching their instincts.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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The federal lawsuit against poultry companies, filed in 2005 by former Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson, alleged excessive poultry waste spread as fertilizer had degraded the watershed.—
Barbara Hoberock,
Oklahoman,
26 Feb. 2026
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When those efforts were ineffective, Roefaro bribed Taylor with tens of thousands of dollars in cash payments, between which Taylor issued a memo recommending the NYPD award the company a contract worth more than $11 million, according to the indictment.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Some patients were bribed with cash or drugs, state officials have said.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Melling’s scenes all took place in the objectively less exciting muggle universe, occurring along a fairly straightforward arc from spoiled bully to remorseful young adult.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2026
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Violations included spoiled ice cream, expired tacos, warm dairy drinks and plumbing issues.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Violations can be written for peeling paint, leaking roof, electrical and plumbing problems, holes in the wall, floor and ceiling, and decayed wood.—
Dave Lieber,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Some had decayed for years, others several months, according to the affidavit.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The formula pairs shea butter and argan oil for deep moisture with a blend of hydrolyzed collagen, oat protein, and sweet almond protein to help reinforce dry, weakened hair.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
26 Feb. 2026
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Crews have been deployed to spray disinfectant on vehicles entering the exclusion zone to avoid any possible transfer of the highly-contagious viral disease that induces fever and blister-like sores in the mouth, drastically reduces milk production and leaves animals weakened.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Consistently adversarial to power; never seduced into the club; consistently going after the highest powers (the president, for instance) over and over.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Pine seduced Roper away from Corky [Roper’s fixer, played by Tom Hollander, who was killed off in season one].—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Corrupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corrupted. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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