CORRUPTIBLE Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

corruptible

adjective

Definition of corruptible

as in corrupt

open to improper influence and especially bribery there's a rumor that that judge is eminently corruptible

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Recent Examples of corruptible Trump has tried to curtail mail-in voting by arguing the ballots easily corruptible, despite casting a ballot by mail himself in March. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026 Beef’s whole thing is finding the weak, corruptible center of all its characters, and Isaac jumps into that project with enthusiasm. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 May 2026 From fragmented records to corruptible datasets and the general noise across social media, agentic systems are facing a trust and truth crisis at the most fundamental level. — Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Iran prefers weak allies over strong ones, and corrupt and corruptible governments over ones that respond to their citizens’ needs. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025

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Adjective

Even as the country’s leadership grew more corrupt and repressive, Moscow kept getting more dazzling.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Beyond the shimmying visit, the mystery of who killed Victor is expected to motor the sophomore season’s overarching storyline, including digging into people from the corrupt politician’s shady past.

— Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of corrupt

Adjective

But the point was just that Nick’s character is emulating Sheridan’s poisonous corrupted values, and the internet is a vehicle for that relationship.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
Sponsors are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete or technically corrupted entries.

— Sponsored content, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of corrupted

Adjective

By the time a 24-hour stream of distractions became available via smartphone, every member of the reading public was primed to lean into their most venal interests.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
There is an unmistakable feeling that a great mass of fans are priced out, or fenced out, while wealthy sponsors and venal bureaucrats get the benefits.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 13 June 2026

Definition of venal

Adjective

About 15 feet away, there was an oversized rolling laundry bin where players would walk around reporters to drop off their dirty clothes.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
In them, again and again, peering over the shoulders of the dirty loft buildings and overscale Cadillac Eldorados, the twin towers of the World Trade Center appear.

— Baldwin Lee, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of dirty

Adjective

Hang your porch swing crooked or prop scrap of wood across your windows to make it look boarded up.

— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026
An incoming generation, simply by their existence, dislodged a crooked anxiety that the new face of Asian America is Wasian.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of crooked

Adjective

One event occurred in 2015 when the mercenary hacker collective Hacking Team used one against a target it had been contracted to infect.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
Tough, mercenary, willing to get a man over the mountains if the price was right, the guides set their own terms and schedule.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of mercenary

Adjective

The problem, according to Foster West, is when farmers are renting because they have been outbid on purchasable land and have no choice but to be a tenant.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Rather than pricing everything, operators increasingly label what is complimentary—a bottle of wine, a tote bag, a welcome gift—while keeping purchasable items available through in-room guides or discreet notes.

— Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026

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