corrupt
1. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality (Freq. 1)
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
• Syn:
pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch,
debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
• Derivationally related forms:
depravation (for: deprave), depravity (for: deprave), profanation (for: profane), debasement (for: debase), debauchee (for: debauch), debaucher (for: debauch), debauchery (for: debauch), debauch (for: debauch), demoralisation (for: demoralise), demoralization (for: demoralize), subversion (for: subvert), perversive (for: pervert), pervert (for: pervert), corruptible, corruptive, corruption
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise, infect,
lead off, lead astray, poison, bastardize, bastardise, suborn
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- This judge can be bought
• Syn:
bribe, buy, grease one's palms
• Derivationally related forms:
corruptible, bribable (for: bribe), briber (for: bribe), bribery (for: bribe), bribe (for: bribe)
• Topics:
crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
• Hypernyms:
pay
• Hyponyms:
sop, buy off, pay off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot corrupt Sue
3. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- sully someone's reputation
• Syn:
defile, sully, taint, cloud
• Derivationally related forms:
cloud (for: cloud)
• Hypernyms:
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. alter from the original
• Syn:
spoil
• Derivationally related forms:
spoliation (for: spoil)
• Hypernyms:
modify
• Hyponyms:
load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
1. lacking in integrity (Freq. 3)
- humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation
- a corrupt and incompetent city government
• Ant:
incorrupt
• Similar to:
corrupted, debased, vitiated, corruptible, bribable,
dishonest, purchasable, venal, depraved, perverse, perverted,
perverted, dirty, sordid, Praetorian, Pretorian,
putrid, sold-out
• See Also:
immoral
• Derivationally related forms:
corruptness
• Attrubites:
corruptness, corruption
2. not straight;
dishonest or immoral or evasive
• Syn:
crooked
• Ant:
straight (for: crooked)
• Similar to:
sneaky, underhand, underhanded
• See Also:
dishonest, dishonorable, unlawful
• Derivationally related forms:
corruptness, crookedness (for: crooked)
• Attrubites:
honesty, honestness
3. containing errors or alterations
- a corrupt text
- spoke a corrupted version of the language
• Syn:
corrupted
• Similar to:
imperfect
4. touched by rot or decay
- tainted bacon
- 'corrupt' is archaic
• Syn:
tainted
• Similar to:
stale
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