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Adjective corrupting has 3 senses
- corrupting - seducing into corrupt practices
Antonym: unseductive (indirect, via seductive)
- corrupting, degrading - harmful to the mind or morals; "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence"
Antonyms: innocuous, harmless (indirect, via noxious)
- corrupting, contaminating - that infects or taints
Antonym: noninfectious (indirect, via infectious)
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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