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
Iran prefers weak allies over strong ones, and corrupt and corruptible governments over ones that respond to their citizens’ needs.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corruptible
Adjective
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The story of corrupt small-town cops taking on a former Marine was written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier and stars Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson and AnnaSophia Robb.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Delegates and party leaders described it as a corrupt and hypocritical maneuver from the governor.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Driver or update problems Occasionally, outdated or corrupted mouse and graphics drivers can cause the pointer to flicker, freeze, or vanish.—
Ken Colburn,
AZCentral.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The mystery of failing SSD drives and corrupted data when saving large files — especially, some claimed, games.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Berger and Nina Gold cast Tilda Swinton as Cynthia Blithe, the private investigator who tracks him, laser like, to China, with Fala Chen playing Dao Ming, the savvy hostess who sees something behind Doyle’s desperate tactics, and Alex Jennings as an expat of the most venal variety.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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Or were the Arabs in Palestine done in again and again by inflexible, wrongheaded, venal, and corrupt leadership?—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Natural gas fulfills much of this need, while coal is dirtier, expensive, and increasingly irrelevant for electricity production.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Although the space station is without dirt and mud, astronauts’ clothes get dirty from sweat during their daily exercise.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The dust of Ogunleye, the crooked end of the street, the large canal by my uncle’s shop, the small stream of water that flowed behind our house into the large canal at the other end of the street, the foul smell that overcame the street the first time, the getting used to, the boys.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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For a Chicago Cubs lineup that has struggled lately to consistently score runs, let alone put up a crooked number, Friday’s opener against the Colorado Rockies provided the ideal bounce-back environment coming off the sweep in San Francisco.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Both sides need mercenaries to survive and this box provides a campaign framework for running a mercenary company willing to die for that almighty C-Bill.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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In Jurassic World Rebirth, Johansson leads a dangerous expedition as mercenary Zora Bennett, building a rapport with Bailey's character: super-smart paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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At the same time, the Home Buyer Scarcity Index, which measures how crunched an area is for purchasable homes, has spiked.—
Nigel Chiwaya,
NBC news,
28 Aug. 2025
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For example, in Colorado, Utah and West Virginia, only soft drinks and/or soda would no longer be purchasable with SNAP.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Corruptible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corruptible. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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