corruptive
Example Sentences
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"We're not talking about being funded by corruptive billionaires, but there are people who are with us and who would like a change."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2025
Sheridan’s dramas present patriarchal power as protective – a sea change from the Platinum Era prestige themes of power as corruptive.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025
"We call this corruptive activity," Hanne Aho, the chairwoman of the Union of Journalists in Finland, told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Jan. 31, 2023
“It targets a practice that has significant corruptive potential,” said Justice Department lawyer Malcolm L. Stewart.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2022
To correct this, at once and forever, dig up the very soil in which the corruptive roots expanded—here was the way, the only way.
From The Genius by Margaret Horton Potter