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| v. (social) | 1. corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ carnalise, sensualise, carnalize, sensualize | debase through carnal gratification. |
| ~ infect | corrupt with ideas or an ideology.; "society was infected by racism" |
| ~ lead astray, lead off | teach immoral behavior to.; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits" |
| ~ poison | spoil as if by poison.; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office" |
| ~ bastardise, bastardize | change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms. |
| ~ suborn | incite to commit a crime or an evil deed.; "He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife" |
| v. (possession) | 2. bribe, buy, corrupt, grease one's palms | make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence.; "This judge can be bought" |
| ~ crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence | (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.; "a long record of crimes" |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
| ~ sop | give a conciliatory gift or bribe to. |
| ~ buy off, pay off | pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor. |
| v. (contact) | 3. cloud, corrupt, defile, sully, taint | place under suspicion or cast doubt upon.; "sully someone's reputation" |
| ~ mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil | make imperfect.; "nothing marred her beauty" |
| v. (change) | 4. corrupt, spoil | alter from the original. |
| ~ modify | make less severe or harsh or extreme.; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" |
| ~ adulterate, dilute, debase, load, stretch | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones.; "adulterate liquor" |
| adj. | 5. corrupt | lacking in integrity.; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government" |
| ~ corrupted, vitiated, debased | ruined in character or quality. |
| ~ bribable, corruptible, purchasable, venal, dishonest | capable of being corrupted.; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer" |
| ~ depraved, reprobate, perverse, perverted | deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good.; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" |
| ~ sordid, dirty | unethical or dishonest.; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" |
| ~ praetorian, pretorian | characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality.; "a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble" |
| ~ putrid | morally corrupt or evil.; "the putrid atmosphere of the court" |
| ~ sold-out | having taken a bribe or bribes.; "a sold-out politician" |
| ~ immoral | deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong. |
| adj. | 6. corrupt, crooked | not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive. |
| ~ dishonest, dishonorable | deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. |
| ~ unlawful | contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law.; "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters" |
| ~ sneaky, underhanded, underhand | marked by deception.; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods" |
| adj. | 7. corrupt, corrupted | containing errors or alterations.; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language" |
| ~ imperfect | not perfect; defective or inadequate.; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" |
| adj. | 8. corrupt, tainted | touched by rot or decay.; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic" |
| ~ stale | lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age.; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale" |
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