Corruptly

//kəˈrʌpt.li// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a corrupt manner.

    "More North-eaſt, where wild brookes meeting together make a broad poole among the parkes, and ſo ſoone as they are kept in with bankes runne in a chanell, is ſeated Kenelworth, in times paſt commonly called Kenelworde, but corruptly Killingworth: […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a corrupt manner wordnet

Synonyms

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corruptedlycorruptedly

Example

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"Civil asset forfeiture is corruptly used to deprive innocent people of their property."

Etymology

From corrupt + -ly.

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