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corrupt

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lacking in integrity(adj.all)

Example:
Humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation.
A corrupt and incompetent city government.

Antonym:
incorrupt

source: wordnet30
not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive(adj.all)

Synonym:
crooked
Antonym:
square, straight

source: wordnet30
Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.(adjective)

source: webster1913

corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality(verb.social)

Example:
Socrates was accused of corrupting young men.
Corrupt the morals.

Synonym:
debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate

source: wordnet30
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon(verb.contact)

Synonym:
cloud, defile, sully, taint

source: wordnet30
alter from the original(verb.change)

Synonym:
spoil

source: wordnet30
To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.(verb)

source: webster1913

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