verb
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
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- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
verb
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
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- This judge can be bought
verb
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
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- sully someone's reputation
verb
alter from the original
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adjective
lacking in integrity
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- humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation
- a corrupt and incompetent city government
adjective
not straight
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- dishonest or immoral or evasive
adjective
containing errors or alterations
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- a corrupt text
- spoke a corrupted version of the language
adjective
touched by rot or decay
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- tainted bacon
- `corrupt' is archaic