CORRUPTING Synonyms: 143 Similar and Opposite Words

corrupting

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present participle of corrupt

as in decomposing

to go through decomposition a dead mouse corrupting in the walls produced a terrible smell

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as in degrading

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 bribing

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 corrupting An early discussion about social contracts comes down to us in Plato’s dialogue Crito in which Socrates, condemned to death for allegedly corrupting the youth, refused an offer to escape from prison. —

George G. Szpiro, Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026 Meanwhile, the Pima County Sheriff Office investigating Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is facing troubles of its own, as a former sheriff has accused current leadership of ‘corrupting’ the crime scene, and a deputy has been arrested and fired on a kidnapping charge. —

Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 For Hildegard of Bingen, the German mystic, scientist, composer, and philosopher, women’s maternal bodies were not corrupting and degrading, but strong, nurturing, and creative. —

Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026 Richard Pazdur, a longtime cancer drug regulator, retired from the CDER director post in December due to concerns that political officials were corrupting the agency’s scientific process. —

Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026 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 But now, federal prosecutors say Hennen is the fixer behind the biggest point-shaving scandal in history, accused of bribing 39 college players, corrupting 17 programs and fixing — or trying fix — 29 games to enrich himself and other gamblers. —

Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026 Blakeney then recruited other players on the team, corrupting the integrity of games, according to the indictment. —

Paulina Dedaj , Ryan Morik , Andrew Fone, FOXNews.com, 15 Jan. 2026 Achim Kempf, the Chair for Physics of Information and AI in the Department of Applied Mathematics, and Koji Yamaguchi, then a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Waterloo, co-discovered a method to copy quantum information without corrupting it. —

Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026

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The search was prompted by soil vapor sampling, an experimental technology that detected volatile organic compounds potentially associated with decomposing human remains — though the method remains unproven in criminal investigations.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Carie Hallford was sentenced to 30 years for her role in a scheme that involved hiding nearly 200 decomposing bodies.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026