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CORRUPT

Definition:

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