Verb
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alter from the original
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place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
"sully someone's reputation"
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make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
"This judge can be bought"
- grease one's palms -
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"
Adjective
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touched by rot or decay
"tainted bacon"
"`corrupt' is archaic"
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containing errors or alterations
"a corrupt text"
"spoke a corrupted version of the language"
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not straight
dishonest or immoral or evasive
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lacking in integrity
"humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"
"a corrupt and incompetent city government"