CORRUPT

Definition:

1. [verb] 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"
   Synonyms: pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
   
   
2. [verb] alter from the original
   Synonyms: spoil
   
   
3. [verb] make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
   Synonyms: bribe, buy, grease one's palms
   
   
4. [verb] place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
   Synonyms: defile, sully, taint, cloud
   
   
5. [adjective] lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
   
   
6. [adjective] not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
   Synonyms: crooked
   
   
7. [adjective] containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
   Synonyms: ed
   
   
8. [adjective] touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
   Synonyms: tainted
   
   

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Related Words:

• sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise
• infect
• lead off, lead astray
• whore
• poison
• bastardize, bastardise
• suborn
• adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
• sop
• buy off, pay off