Synonyms of corrupts

corrupts

verb

present tense third-person singular of corrupt

1

as in decomposes

to go through decomposition

a dead mouse corrupting in the walls produced a terrible smell

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decomposes
• disintegrates
• rots
• decays
• perishes
• festers
• deteriorates
• spoils
• putrefies
• molds
• descends
• crumbles
• falls apart
• pollutes
• contaminates
• taints
• turns
• fouls
• sours
• molders
• breaks down
• defiles
• goes to seed
• mortifies
• rusts
• ferments
• curdles
• degenerates
• turns off
• addles
• sinks
• withers
• declines
• dilapidates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• grows
• ages
• develops
• matures
• restores
• ripens
• refreshes
• purifies
• renews
• cleanses
• improves
• integrates
• assembles
• composes
• ameliorates
• betters
• meliorates

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• degrades
• weakens
• deteriorates
• subverts
• destroys
• humiliates
• poisons
• dilutes
• debases
• perverts
• debauches
• depraves
• demeans
• pollutes
• prostitutes
• vitiates
• taints
• damages
• demoralizes
• lessens
• abases
• bastardizes
• warps
• disgraces
• cheapens
• ruins
• contaminates
• profanes
• shames
• hurts
• impairs
• mars
• humbles
• harms
• cankers
• thins
• dirties
• defiles
• dishonors
• tarnishes
• spoils
• flaws
• wrecks
• waters down
• descends
• befouls
• defaces
• depreciates
• begrimes
• stains
• takes down
• downgrades
• blemishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ennobles
• improves
• elevates
• uplifts
• exalts
• enhances
• enriches
• dignifies
• honors
• restores
• perfects
• amends
• cleans
• ameliorates
• purifies
• refines
• clarifies
• cleanses
• betters
• respects
• meliorates

3

as in bribes

to influence someone with a bribe

he bragged about having corrupted half of the officials on the city council

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bribes
• seduces
• entices
• poisons
• provokes
• buys
• lures
• tempts
• persuades
• has
• pays off
• squares
• gets at
• subverts
• depraves
• taints
• degrades
• debases
• dishonors
• induces
• demeans
• debauches
• motivates
• defiles
• oils the hand of
• greases the hand of
• stimulates
• warps
• abases
• profanes
• perverts
• beguiles
• prostitutes
• allures
• spurs
• tampers (with)
• flatters
• baits
• leads on
• traps
• goads
• fixes
• snares

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of corrupts

Forgetting his bond with the land, Mariano awakens the Ch’iqmi, a dark force that corrupts his people. — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 25 June 2026

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

Without it, one edge case becomes an untraceable outage or corrupts real systems. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Feb. 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