CORRUPTS Synonyms: 142 Similar and Opposite Words

corrupts

verb

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present tense third-person singular of corrupt

as in decomposes

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

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as in degrades

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 bribes

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 corrupts One nanny will try to get to the bottom of it before all the partying, power and privilege corrupts her. —

Denise Petski, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026 The criticism most often leveled at proposals to support journalism is that government money corrupts editorial independence, which is a very real concern. —

Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2026 His relationship with his Jewish neighbors, the Brodskys, grows closer as Nazi power corrupts France. —

Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026 As Jay Jonah Atterbury, one of a handful of new characters on the fourth season of Industry, Kal Penn weaponizes and corrupts the stoner quirks viewers may recognize from his years playing Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar films. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026 Instead of a warning event, Expeditions imagines the historical fall that corrupts the Earth. —

Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 21 Dec. 2025 Rather than simply attacking YoungBoy, Choppa frames himself as a corrective force, casting YoungBoy as someone who corrupts impressionable listeners. —

Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025 Absolute power corrupts absolutely. —

Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025 However, his songs eventually turn on each other and him when the newfound power corrupts them. —

Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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Organic material trapped in reservoirs accumulates and decomposes over time, releasing methane — a potent greenhouse gas that significantly contributes to global warming, Fernández-Garrido told CNN.

— Radina Gigova, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
Another process, thermogenic hydrogen formation, occurs in deep sedimentary basins when organic material decomposes under high temperatures, roughly 480 to 930 degrees Fahrenheit (250 to 500 degrees Celsius).

— Promise Longe, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026