Dictionary entry details
• CORRUPT (adjective)
Meaning:
Lacking in integrity
Context examples:
humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation / a corrupt and incompetent city government
Similar:
sold-out (having taken a bribe or bribes)
putrid (morally corrupt or evil)
Praetorian; Pretorian (characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality)
dirty; sordid (unethical or dishonest)
depraved; immoral; perverse; perverted; reprobate (marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good)
bribable; corruptible; dishonest; purchasable; venal (capable of being corrupted)
corrupted; debased; vitiated (ruined in character or quality)
Attribute:
corruption; corruptness (lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain)
Antonym:
incorrupt (free of corruption or immorality)
Meaning:
Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
Synonyms:
corrupt; crooked
Similar:
dishonest (lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable)
sneaky; underhand; underhanded (marked by deception)
Also:
dishonest; dishonorable (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)
unlawful (contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law)
Attribute:
honestness; honesty (the quality of being honest)
Meaning:
Containing errors or alterations
Synonyms:
corrupted; corrupt
Context examples:
a corrupt text / spoke a corrupted version of the language
Similar:
imperfect (not perfect; defective or inadequate)
Meaning:
Touched by rot or decay
Synonyms:
tainted; corrupt
Context examples:
tainted bacon / 'corrupt' is archaic
Similar:
rotten (having or disintegrated; usually implies foulness)
• CORRUPT (verb)
Meaning:
Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
vitiate; profane; pervert; misdirect; deprave; demoralize; demoralise; debauch; debase; corrupt; subvert
Context examples:
debauch the young people with wine and women / Socrates was accused of corrupting young men / Do school counselors subvert young children? / corrupt the morals
Hypernyms (to "corrupt" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "corrupt"):
bastardise; bastardize (change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms)
poison (spoil as if by poison)
whore (corrupt by lewd intercourse)
lead astray; lead off (teach immoral behavior to)
infect (contaminate with ideas or an ideology)
carnalise; carnalize; sensualise; sensualize (debase through carnal gratification)
suborn (incite to commit a crime or an evil deed)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Alter from the original
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
corrupt; spoil
Hypernyms (to "corrupt" is one way to...):
modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "corrupt"):
adulterate; debase; dilute; stretch (corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
bribe; grease one's palms; buy; corrupt
Context example:
This judge can be bought
Hypernyms (to "corrupt" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
Domain category:
crime; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "corrupt"):
sop (give a conciliatory gift or bribe to)
buy off; pay off (pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot corrupt Sue
Meaning:
Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
defile; sully; taint; corrupt; cloud
Context example:
sully someone's reputation
Hypernyms (to "corrupt" is one way to...):
deflower; impair; mar; spoil; vitiate (make imperfect)
Sentence frames:
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Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
