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on the take
adjective as in corrupt
adjective as in dissolute
Weak matches
- abandoned
- corrupt
- debauched
- degenerate
- depraved
- dissipated
- evil
- fast
- fast and loose
- gone bad
- high living
- in the fast lane
- intemperate
- lascivious
- lax
- lecherous
- lewd
- libertine
- licentious
- light
- loose
- night owl
- nighthawk
- open
- player
- profligate
- raffish
- rakish
- reprobate
- slack
- swift
- sybaritic
- unconstrained
- unprincipled
- unrestrained
- vicious
- wanton
- wayward
- wicked
- wild
adjective as in venal
noun as in corruption
noun as in villainousness
Strong matches
Example Sentences
But the U.S. does not have criminal laws tailored to crypto, because of a mixture of politicians not understanding the technology and being on the take from the industry, which would prefer not to have its leaders prosecuted.
“I kind of admire the way he’s going about it because it’s so shameless,” Carlsen said on the Take Take Take podcast.
And it’s not just Republicans on the take.
“This was not politics as usual. This was politics for profit. This was a United States senator on the take,” Pomerantz said, per the New York Times.
"This was not politics as usual. This was politics for profit. This was a United States senator on the take," she said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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