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corrupt
adjective as in dishonest
Strongest matches
crooked, fraudulent, nefarious, rotten, shady, unethical, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, venal
adjective as in debased, vicious
Strong matches
abandoned, abased, degenerate, degraded, dishonored, loose, low
Weak matches
baneful, deleterious, dissolute, flagitious, infamous, miscreant, monstrous, perverse, profligate, villainous
adjective as in adulterated, rotten
verb as in pervert; pollute
Strongest matches
bribe, contaminate, debase, degrade, demean, demoralize, harm, impair, misuse, ruin, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, warp
Strong matches
abase, abuse, adulterate, animalize, bastardize, blemish, blight, damage, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, hurt, ill-treat, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, outrage, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, spoil, square, stain, suborn, vitiate, waste
Weak matches
Example Sentences
They perceive American problems with capitalism—economic inequality, rising housing prices, corrupting greed—as requiring a governmental solution.
“There’s rumored to be an entrance nearby to the last level of Asamando—the Eloko Forests. The Eloko corrupts everything it’s near. Weather. Plants. Friendships. It’s this corruption that affects the sands around here.”
For example, Monsieur Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that people were basically generous and kind, and that disagreeable behavior was caused by a poor upbringing and the corrupting influence of civilization.
"It's a corrupt narco-government that wants to defend the corrupt and the cartels instead of the people."
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” said Charles Tiefer, a leading authority on federal contract law and former member of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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