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Adjective corrupt has 4 senses
- corrupt - lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
Antonyms: incorrupt, antiseptic, incorruptible, uncorrupted, unspoiled
- crooked, corrupt - not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
- corrupt, corrupted - containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
Antonym: perfect (indirect, via imperfect)
- corrupt, tainted - touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
Antonyms: unrotten, unrotted (indirect, via rotten)
Verb corrupt has 4 senses
- corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect - 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"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- corrupt, spoil - alter from the original
--2 is one way to modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
--3 is one way to pay
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot corrupt Sue
- defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
--4 is one way to mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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