How to Use corrupt in a Sentence

corrupt

1 of 2 verb

• The file has been corrupted and no longer works properly.
• Their idealism has been corrupted by cynicism.
• Like many grand ideals, there are always those who corrupt them.
  — Sam Bahour, Washington Post, 3 June 2021
• These people, corrupted by the system, didn’t ‘choose’ to be bad.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
• And Smoot didn’t stop there, going on to predict that the book might even corrupt the morals of his colleagues in the Senate — the horror!
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 24 Nov. 2022
• This is a great safety net against sudden movements that can cause the device to eject, which in turn, could corrupt your files.
  — NBC News, 26 Mar. 2021
• Its inhabitants mine the kyber crystals used in lightsabers, which have been corrupted by the Sith of the Dark Side.
  — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2023
• Part of how Rafal has been able to corrupt the system is by making Good all about the superficial.
  — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 20 Oct. 2022
• The system runs on money and money corrupts most politicians.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Feb. 2024
• And, as Texans should know only too well, power can corrupt.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 5 May 2021
• If Socrates were still around (Letters, Nov. 3), he wouldn’t be canceled for impiety and corrupting the youth.
  — Stephen Borkowski, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023
• Leaving it powered on can corrupt your files or cause damage to your SSD or console.
  — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2023
• This is the type of software that can corrupt your laptop or desktop computer.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
• Money corrupts—which, duh—but the Epstein episode tells an even bigger story.
  — Wired, 15 Sep. 2019
• Exposure to the wrong words is corrupting our children, who aren’t even learning how to decipher the right ones.
  — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 June 2023
• That left linebacker Brandon Smith still in position to corrupt the play.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 7 Nov. 2020
• Microsoft says it’s planning to fix a bizarre Windows 10 bug that could corrupt a hard drive just by looking at an icon.
  — Tom Warren, The Verge, 15 Jan. 2021
• The left has to do things like try to corrupt the greatest law enforcement institution the world has ever known.
  — Fox News, 14 Sep. 2018
• Teams took the tool and immediately set to work corrupting it.
  — Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2020
• Clean’s adversaries are first a group of Black men who want to corrupt Dianda, which motivates Clean to take his trusty wrench to their noggins.
  — Nick Schager, Variety, 29 Aug. 2021
• These are the people who Trump would have to rely on to corrupt the election, but their actions point to the opposite: integrity.
  — Noah Millman, TheWeek, 4 Nov. 2020
• Fake video and audio might once again be poised to corrupt the most basic ways in which people process reality—or what’s left of it.
  — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2022
• Power, the kind that corrupts absolutely, is the silent villain of the series; however, Waltz’s Patoff is the conduit.
  — Iman Milner, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2023
• Power can corrupt certain police; certain people do not need to wear a badge.
  — Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022
• Power could fall into your lap at any moment -- but power can corrupt those who aren't careful.
  — Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022
• This is at the heart of being able to produce perfect, identical copies of an input, even after the input has been corrupted with noise.
  — Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2023
• Scientists’ lust for fame, glory and money can corrupt them.
  — John Horgan, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2021
• Long before the pinwheel symbol was corrupted by the Nazis to become the swastika, many ancient cultures saw it as a symbol of life, luck and well-being.
  — Glenn Dixon, Smithsonian, 6 July 2018
• On top of that, the Darkhold has had time to corrupt her, implanting the false idea that her children are in danger in a different reality.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 May 2022
• Unfortunately, the Ebony Blade is cursed and will slowly corrupt whoever wields it as more blood is shed.
  — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2021

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corrupt

2 of 2 adjective

• The country's justice system is riddled with corrupt judges who accept bribes.
• Some commenters took this as proof the case against Trump was corrupt.
  — Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
• He was known to be one of the corrupt officers who shook people down.
  — Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
• Under his rule, the country was known for being among the most corrupt in Africa.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
• The source of the funds was a corrupt foreigner, in some cases likely a tool of a foreign state.
  — The Editors, National Review, 17 May 2023
• Musk tried to brand blue checkmarks as elitist and corrupt.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2023
• Bobby Coyne must do to pierce Southie’s paranoid and corrupt ecosystem of silence.
  — Tod Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
• The villain of the real-life story and film isn’t just corrupt Soviet politicians.
  — Gene Park, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
• You’re not supposed to root for these murderesses, their corrupt lawyer, or the tabloid girl reporter.
  — Vulture, 31 Mar. 2023
• Many furious Americans claimed that Ford had been part of a corrupt deal.
  — Julian Zelizer, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2023
• The British blamed the Chinese for being corrupt and mentally feeble.
  — Arun A.k., Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• Maybe, their computer gets infected with a virus and the data is corrupt.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
• Regardless of whether or to what degree Benjamin is corrupt, Hochul’s poor judgment cost the state and her party.
  — Raina Lipsitz, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
• But Conteh says those keep changing - often because of corrupt or opaque deals.
  — David McKenzie, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
• On the other hand, some conduct that is corrupt is patently criminal.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
• At any rate, the local chocolate cartel is determined to freeze Willy out, with the help of a corrupt constable (Keegan-Michael Key).
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• Biden is certainly seen as much more too old than Trump is, but Trump is seen as more corrupt and doesn't have the right temperament to be president.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024
• The actor received an Emmy nomination in 1999 for his work as corrupt cop Det.
  — Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
• The government, in turn, portrays Mr. Khan as a corrupt trickster who has employed legal maneuvers to stay out of prison.
  — Riazat Butt and Munir Ahmed, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2023
• Among the allegations made was one that said the company is controlled by corrupt dictators out of Venezuela.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
• There are millions of people around the world who are not allowed to vote, or whose elections are so corrupt and farcical that voting is pointless.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2023
• And yet, Ukraine still is seen as a corrupt nation by many Western business executives.
  — James P. Moore Jr., Fortune Europe, 22 Feb. 2024
• She has been exiled since 2009 due to her reporting on corrupt officials.
  — Sarah Baniak, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2023
• On his campaign website, Kim laments that 84% of New Jersey residents believe the state's politicians are corrupt.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 11 Nov. 2023
• Vigilante groups took up arms and notched a number of victories, succeeding where the state had proven inept or corrupt.
  — Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• This was a mass act of corrupt obeisance to a serial liar — and now that same outfit is playing a leading role in winnowing the GOP primary field.
  — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
• On the other hand, 51% reported Trump and his family were also corrupt.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2023
• So the residents hold a meeting and move toward a decision that’s based on pure survival, and also on the kind of class privilege that the movies have long geared us to reject as corrupt.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
• The authority is widely distrusted by most Palestinians and seen as corrupt by foes and some friends alike.
  — Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
• Patrick said charges should have never been brought against Perry for acting in self-defense and blamed a corrupt justice system for his conviction.
  — Taylor Penley, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024