Synonyms for corrupt
kəˈrʌptcor·rupt

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1. corruptadjective

   Synonyms:
   corrupted

2. corruptadjective

   In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.

   The Government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.

   Synonyms:
   corrupted

3. corruptadjective

   With lots of errors in it; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.

   Synonyms:
   corrupted

4. corruptadjective

   In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

   Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them.

   Synonyms:
   corrupted

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1. corrupt

   Rot is a strong word, ordinarily esteemed coarse, but on occasion capable of approved emphatic use; as, "the name of the wicked shall rot," Prov. x, 7; decay and decompose are now common euphemisms. A substance is decomposed when resolved into its original elements by any process; it is decayed when resolved into its original elements by natural processes; it decays gradually, but may be instantly decomposed, as water into oxygen and hydrogen; to say that a thing is decayed may denote only a partial result, but to say it is decomposed ordinarily implies that the change is complete or nearly so. Putrefy and the adjectives putrid and putrescent, and the nouns putridity and putrescence, are used almost exclusively of animal matter in a state of decomposition, the more general word decay being used of either animal or vegetable substances.

   Synonyms:
   decay, decompose, molder, putrefy, rot, spoil

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1. corruptverb

   Synonyms:
   spoil, deteriorate, impair, putrefy, vitiate, demoralize, debase, defile, contaminate, pollute, deprave

   Antonyms:
   mend, repair, purify, cleanse, correct, ameliorate, better

2. corruptadjective

   Synonyms:
   defiled, polluted, vitiated, decayed, depraved, putrid, rotten, infected, tainted, profligate, contaminated

   Antonyms:
   pure, uncorrupt, undented

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1. corruptadjective

   lacking in integrity

   "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"

   Synonyms:
   crooked, corrupted, tainted

   Antonyms:
   perfect, fresh, uncorrupted, incorruptible, incorrupt, unspoiled, antiseptic

2. crooked, corruptadjective

   not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

   Synonyms:
   round-backed, stooping, tainted, round-shouldered, crooked, asymmetrical, corrupted, hunched, stooped

   Antonyms:
   incorruptible, perfect, uncorrupted, antiseptic, fresh, incorrupt, unspoiled

3. corrupt, corruptedadjective

   containing errors or alterations

   "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"

   Synonyms:
   crooked, corrupted, debased, vitiated, tainted

   Antonyms:
   uncorrupted, unspoiled, incorruptible, incorrupt, antiseptic, fresh, perfect

4. corrupt, taintedverb

   touched by rot or decay

   "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"

   Synonyms:
   crooked, corrupted, tainted

   Antonyms:
   uncorrupted, fresh, incorrupt, unspoiled, antiseptic, incorruptible, perfect

5. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirectverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   subvert, bring down, mislead, overthrow, alloy, misguide, twist, impair, misaddress, abuse, deflower, demoralise, cloud, misdirect, weaken, get down, debase, counteract, demoralize, sully, convolute, vitiate, profane, deject, lead astray, defile, desecrate, sophisticate, sabotage, load, countermine, mar, taint, overturn, stretch, invalidate, deprave, adulterate, dilute, twist around, undermine, buy, violate, grease one's palms, outrage, cast down, void, dispirit, depress, bribe, misuse, pervert, dismay, debauch, spoil

   Antonyms:
   fresh, uncorrupted, incorrupt, antiseptic, perfect, unspoiled, incorruptible

6. bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palmsverb

   make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

   "This judge can be bought"

   Synonyms:
   grease one's palms, pervert, spoil, vitiate, deprave, debauch, purchase, subvert, profane, defile, sully, debase, misdirect, demoralise, taint, demoralize, buy, cloud, bribe

   Antonyms:
   fresh, unspoiled, incorrupt, uncorrupted, perfect, incorruptible, antiseptic

7. defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloudverb

   place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

   "sully someone's reputation"

   Synonyms:
   subvert, besmirch, fog, calumniate, foul, infect, overcast, becloud, befoul, maculate, slander, demoralise, dapple, cloud, misdirect, debase, pervert, demoralize, sully, defame, asperse, vitiate, profane, defile, obscure, mist, stain, haze over, taint, smear, denigrate, deprave, mottle, tarnish, buy, befog, grease one's palms, smirch, bribe, debauch, spoil, obnubilate

   Antonyms:
   incorrupt, uncorrupted, unspoiled, incorruptible, perfect, antiseptic, fresh

8. corrupt, spoilverb

   alter from the original

   Synonyms:
   pamper, subvert, violate, frustrate, scotch, botch, foil, baby, itch, bungle, go bad, deflower, muck up, impair, mishandle, bumble, plunder, demoralise, botch up, cloud, misdirect, blow, debase, screw up, pervert, demoralize, sully, bilk, fumble, flub, rape, profane, featherbed, ball up, defile, bollocks, baffle, bobble, mess up, taint, vitiate, thwart, deprave, bollocks up, mar, indulge, spoil, muff, buy, despoil, louse up, grease one's palms, cocker, foul up, cross, fluff, mollycoddle, bribe, coddle, bollix up, debauch, cosset, bollix, bodge

   Antonyms:
   uncorrupted, perfect, incorruptible, unspoiled, incorrupt, antiseptic, fresh

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1. corruptverb

   Synonyms:
   putrefy, render putrid

2. corruptverb

   Synonyms:
   contaminate, taint, defile, pollute, infect, vitiate, spoil, adulterate, sophisticate, debase

3. corruptverb

   Synonyms:
   deprave, demoralize

4. corruptadjective

   Synonyms:
   corrupted, infected, spoiled, tainted, vitiated, putrid, contaminated, unsound

5. corruptadjective

   Synonyms:
   depraved, wicked, vicious, dissolute, profligate, reprobate, abandoned

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1. corruptadjective

   Synonyms:
   spoiled, tainted, addled, rotten, decaying, vitiated, depraved, dissolute, venal, unprincipled, unscrupulous, vicious, purchasable, mercenary

2. corruptverb

   Synonyms:
   rot, spoil, deprave, vitiate, pervert, debase, demoralize, defile, infect, pollute

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1. List of paraphrases for "corrupt":

   corrupted, corruption, damaged, decadent, bribe, fraudulent, rotten, fraud, bribery

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1. Bob Casey:

   I will oppose the nomination the President will( make) tonight because it represents a corrupt bargain with the far Right, big corporations, and Washington special interests.

2. Ryan Pack:

   Are you lucky because you lived to be old, or are you luckier because you died young? I believe you are luckier to have died young because than you do not have to spend a lifetime suffering in God's toilet. Heavens peace will conquer all the joys and emotions you experience on Earth, therefore it's much better to go to Heaven than to suffer a lifetime in a evil, corrupt, violent world.The longer your a resident of this Earth the more you cheat yourself out of Heaven's glory.

3. Donald Trump:

   Other countries have what's called security people. People who stand there and say you can't come in. We have thousands of judges and they need thousands of more judges. The whole system is corrupt. It's horrible.

4. Noah Bookbinder:

   President Trump's decision to award the G-7 Conference to President Trump own property was outrageous, corrupt and a constitutional violation. It was stunningly corrupt even for a stunningly corrupt administration, president Trump reversal of that decision is a bow to reality, but does not change how astonishing it was that a president ever thought this was appropriate, or that it was something he could get away with.

5. Chip Roy:

   I can't overemphasize enough that earmarks are just another tool in the toolbox for a corrupt Washington, which has no intent whatsoever not to balance the budget, it's a lie. All those people who run on balancing the budget, ‘I'm going to pass a balanced budget amendment.’.