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Synonyms for corrupt
kəˈrʌptcor·rupt
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Wiktionary
corruptadjective
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corruptedcorruptadjective
In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
The Government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
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corruptedcorruptadjective
With lots of errors in it; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
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corruptedcorruptadjective
In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them.
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corrupted
English Synonyms and Antonyms
corrupt
Rot is a strong word, ordinarily esteemed coarse, but on occasion capable of approved emphatic use; as, "the name of the wicked shall rot," Prov. x, 7; decay and decompose are now common euphemisms. A substance is decomposed when resolved into its original elements by any process; it is decayed when resolved into its original elements by natural processes; it decays gradually, but may be instantly decomposed, as water into oxygen and hydrogen; to say that a thing is decayed may denote only a partial result, but to say it is decomposed ordinarily implies that the change is complete or nearly so. Putrefy and the adjectives putrid and putrescent, and the nouns putridity and putrescence, are used almost exclusively of animal matter in a state of decomposition, the more general word decay being used of either animal or vegetable substances.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
corruptverb
Synonyms:
spoil, deteriorate, impair, putrefy, vitiate, demoralize, debase, defile, contaminate, pollute, depraveAntonyms:
mend, repair, purify, cleanse, correct, ameliorate, bettercorruptadjective
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defiled, polluted, vitiated, decayed, depraved, putrid, rotten, infected, tainted, profligate, contaminated
Princeton's WordNet
corruptadjective
lacking in integrity
"humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
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crooked, corrupted, taintedAntonyms:
perfect, fresh, uncorrupted, incorruptible, incorrupt, unspoiled, antisepticcrooked, corruptadjective
not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
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round-backed, stooping, tainted, round-shouldered, crooked, asymmetrical, corrupted, hunched, stoopedAntonyms:
incorruptible, perfect, uncorrupted, antiseptic, fresh, incorrupt, unspoiledcorrupt, corruptedadjective
containing errors or alterations
"a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
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crooked, corrupted, debased, vitiated, taintedAntonyms:
uncorrupted, unspoiled, incorruptible, incorrupt, antiseptic, fresh, perfectcorrupt, taintedverb
touched by rot or decay
"tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
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crooked, corrupted, taintedAntonyms:
uncorrupted, fresh, incorrupt, unspoiled, antiseptic, incorruptible, perfectcorrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirectverb
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
"debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
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subvert, bring down, mislead, overthrow, alloy, misguide, twist, impair, misaddress, abuse, deflower, demoralise, cloud, misdirect, weaken, get down, debase, counteract, demoralize, sully, convolute, vitiate, profane, deject, lead astray, defile, desecrate, sophisticate, sabotage, load, countermine, mar, taint, overturn, stretch, invalidate, deprave, adulterate, dilute, twist around, undermine, buy, violate, grease one's palms, outrage, cast down, void, dispirit, depress, bribe, misuse, pervert, dismay, debauch, spoilAntonyms:
fresh, uncorrupted, incorrupt, antiseptic, perfect, unspoiled, incorruptiblebribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palmsverb
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
"This judge can be bought"
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grease one's palms, pervert, spoil, vitiate, deprave, debauch, purchase, subvert, profane, defile, sully, debase, misdirect, demoralise, taint, demoralize, buy, cloud, bribeAntonyms:
fresh, unspoiled, incorrupt, uncorrupted, perfect, incorruptible, antisepticdefile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloudverb
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
"sully someone's reputation"
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subvert, besmirch, fog, calumniate, foul, infect, overcast, becloud, befoul, maculate, slander, demoralise, dapple, cloud, misdirect, debase, pervert, demoralize, sully, defame, asperse, vitiate, profane, defile, obscure, mist, stain, haze over, taint, smear, denigrate, deprave, mottle, tarnish, buy, befog, grease one's palms, smirch, bribe, debauch, spoil, obnubilateAntonyms:
incorrupt, uncorrupted, unspoiled, incorruptible, perfect, antiseptic, freshcorrupt, spoilverb
alter from the original
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pamper, subvert, violate, frustrate, scotch, botch, foil, baby, itch, bungle, go bad, deflower, muck up, impair, mishandle, bumble, plunder, demoralise, botch up, cloud, misdirect, blow, debase, screw up, pervert, demoralize, sully, bilk, fumble, flub, rape, profane, featherbed, ball up, defile, bollocks, baffle, bobble, mess up, taint, vitiate, thwart, deprave, bollocks up, mar, indulge, spoil, muff, buy, despoil, louse up, grease one's palms, cocker, foul up, cross, fluff, mollycoddle, bribe, coddle, bollix up, debauch, cosset, bollix, bodgeAntonyms:
uncorrupted, perfect, incorruptible, unspoiled, incorrupt, antiseptic, fresh
Dictionary of English Synonymes
corruptverb
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putrefy, render putridcorruptverb
Synonyms:
contaminate, taint, defile, pollute, infect, vitiate, spoil, adulterate, sophisticate, debasecorruptverb
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deprave, demoralizecorruptadjective
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corrupted, infected, spoiled, tainted, vitiated, putrid, contaminated, unsoundcorruptadjective
Synonyms:
depraved, wicked, vicious, dissolute, profligate, reprobate, abandoned
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "corrupt":
corrupted, corruption, damaged, decadent, bribe, fraudulent, rotten, fraud, bribery
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How to use corrupt in a sentence?
It is disturbing, to say the least, to hear Dr Chung Mong-joon describe FIFA as a' corrupt organization' during a press conference announcing Dr Chung Mong-joon candidacy, even more so when one recalls, and as Dr Chung can not have forgotten, that Dr Chung was Dr Chung and a FIFA emergency committee member for 17 years from 1994 until 2011.
Obviously the race has changed in New Hampshire and elsewhere in recent days, bernie will continue to focus on his message -- that America has a rigged economy that sends most new wealth to the top and is held in place by corrupt system of campaign-finance. The voters in New Hampshire and in America deserve a campaign that focuses on the real issues.
In the days ahead ... the United States will announce even stronger sanctions on the regime's corrupt financial networks, we will work with all of you to find every last dollar that they stole and work to return it to Venezuela.
Is it possible that all of these events and reports are completely unrelated. ... Yes, it is possible, it is also possible, maybe more than possible, that they are not coincidental, not disconnected and not unrelated and that the Russians used the same techniques to corrupt US persons that they employed in Europe and elsewhere. We simply don't know, not yet, and we owe it to the country to find out.
Rather than supporting Ukraine's reforms and working to root out corruption, corrupt actors within the prosecutor general's office are making things worse by openly and aggressively undermining reform.
Translations for corrupt
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- развращавам, развален, покварен, развалямBulgarian
- corrompre, corrupteCatalan, Valencian
- narušit, zkorumpovaný, porušený, zkažený, zkazitCzech
- korrupt, verderben, korrumpierenGerman
- διεφθαρμένοςGreek
- corromper, corruptoSpanish
- korruptoitunut, turmella, turmeltunut, korruptoidaFinnish
- corrompu, corrompre, dévoyéFrench
- olc, meallta, breunScottish Gaelic
- השחיתHebrew
- korupIndonesian
- corrompere, corrottoItalian
- ពុករលួយKhmer
- corrumpoLatin
- verworden, corrupt, verdorven, verdervenDutch
- skorumpowanyPolish
- corrupto, corromperPortuguese
- coruptă, corupe, coruptRomanian
- коррумпированныйRussian
- paramidiSwahili
- tham nhũngVietnamese
- 腐败Chinese
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