Corrupt

//kəˈɹʌpt//

Synonyms for "corrupt" (454 found)

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Closest matches (91)

Strong matches (136)

Verb(19 words)

contaminate cook someone's goose crab dash debase decay decompose demoralise desecrate detort dilute disrupt disturb embase fester file foil fuck up grease one's palms

contaminated counterindoctrinate criminal crucify crumble crumble into dust curse cut damage dark debase debased debauch debauched decadent decay decayed deceptive decompose decomposed

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Adjective(1 words)

corrupted

Adjective(2 words)

corrupted crooked

Related words (227)

immoral impair improper indirect indoctrinate infamous infect injure insidious jaundiced jinx kisser lace lawless licentious loose lost low maltreat map

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menace mercenary mess mess up mildew misadvise miscreant misdirect miseducate misguide misinform misinstruct mislead misteach mistreat misuse mold molder molest morally polluted mortified mortify mould moulder mouldy mug mystify nasty necrose necrosed necrotic nefarious not kosher not right not true noxious obfuscate oblique obscure off off the track on the pad on the take out outrage pan pay off peccant perfidious perish pernicious persecute perverse pervert phiz play havoc with play hob with poison pollute polluted prejudice pretorian profligate prostitute purchasable purchase puss putrefied putrefy putresce putrescent questionable rancid rank rankle ravage ravish reach reindoctrinate reprobate rot rotten rotting ruin satanic savage scathe self-contradictory shady shameful shameless shifty shoddy sinful sinister slippery smirch soil sold out sordid sphacelate sphacelated spike spoil spoiled stain steeped in iniquity straying subvert subverted sully suppurate suppurating suppurative suspicious taint take care of tamper with tarnish threaten tickle the palm torment torture tricky turn twist ulcerate ulcerated unconscienced unconscientious unconscionable underhand underhanded unethical unfactual ungodly unhealthy unorthodox unprincipled unproved unsavory unscrupulous unstraightforward untrue untrustworthy venal vice-corrupted vicious vile villainous violate visage vitiate vitiated vulgarize warp warped water water down weight wicked wide win away without remorse without shame worsen wound wreak havoc wreak havoc on wreck wrong

Verb(32 words)

immoralize jack up lead astray mar mess up misdirect mishandle mommick preposterate profanate profanize put a crimp in queer ruin screw up seduce soil sour stain suborn

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taint tamper tarnish turn upside down undo unmoralize uplift upset upset the applecart violate warp worsen

Adjective(3 words)

iniquitous ugly ungodly

Adjective(1 words)

tainted

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

9 entries

alter change deflower impair mar modify pay spoil vitiate

Antonyms

1 entries

incorrupt

Synonyms

6 entries

bribe corrupted crooked defile suborn tainted

Related terms

3 entries

corruptible corruption incorruptible

derived

18 entries

corrupt practice corruptable corruptee corruptful corruptician corruptingly corruptive corruptless corruptly corruptness corruptocracy corruptor incorrupt noncorrupt noncorrupting recorrupt

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manner of

2 entries

change modify

related to

22 entries

correct corruptible corruption debased degenerate deprave depraved error genuine immoral incorruptible invalid morals pervert perverted putrefy

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similar

34 entries

Praetorian Pretorian bribable corrupted corruptible debased depraved dirty dishonest dishonorable immoral imperfect perverse perverted

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Translations

119 translations across 42 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

φθείρω verb (to change from good to bad)

Arabic

3 entries

فَاسِد adj (in a depraved state)
مُرْتَشٍ adj (in a depraved state)
أَفْسَدَ verb (to change from good to bad)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

korlamaq verb (to change from good to bad)
pozmaq verb (to change from good to bad)

Belarusian

4 entries

карумпава́ны adj (in a depraved state)
карумпі́раваны adj (in a depraved state)
прада́жны adj (in a depraved state)
сапсава́ны adj (with lots of errors in it)

Bulgarian

4 entries

корумпи́ран adj (in a depraved state)
покваре́н adj (in a depraved state)
развале́н adj (with lots of errors in it)
разва́лям verb (to change from good to bad)

Catalan

3 entries

corrupte adj (in a depraved state)
corrupte adj (with lots of errors in it)
corrompre verb (to change from good to bad)

Czech

4 entries

porušený adj (with lots of errors in it)
zkažený adj (in a depraved state)
zkorumpovaný adj (in a depraved state)
narušit verb (to change from good to bad)

Danish

1 entries

korrupt adj (in a depraved state)

Dutch

4 entries

corrupt adj (in a depraved state)
verdorven adj (in a depraved state)
verderven verb (to change from good to bad)
verworden verb (to change from good to bad)

Esperanto

1 entries

korupti verb (to change from good to bad)

Finnish

4 entries

korruptoitunut adj (in a depraved state)
korruptoitunut adj (with lots of errors in it)
turmeltunut adj (in a depraved state)
korruptoida verb (to change from good to bad)

French

3 entries

corrompu adj (in a depraved state)
dévoyé adj (in a depraved state)
corrompre verb (to change from good to bad)

Galician

3 entries

corrupto adj (in a depraved state)
corromper verb (to change from good to bad)
malvar verb (to change from good to bad)

German

3 entries

korrupt adj (in a depraved state)
korrumpieren verb (to change from good to bad)
verderben verb (to change from good to bad)

Gothic

2 entries

𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to change from good to bad)
𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to change from good to bad)

Greek

2 entries

διεφθαρμένος adj (in a depraved state)
διαφθείρω verb (to change from good to bad)

Hebrew

2 entries

מושחת adj (in a depraved state)
השחית verb (to change from good to bad)

Hindi

4 entries

अशुद्ध adj (with lots of errors in it)
त्रुटिपूर्ण adj (with lots of errors in it)
बेईमान adj (in a depraved state)
भ्रष्ट adj (in a depraved state)

Hungarian

1 entries

korrupt adj (in a depraved state)

Irish

2 entries

truailligh verb (to change from good to bad)
éilligh verb (to change from good to bad)

Italian

2 entries

corrotto adj (in a depraved state)
corrompere verb (to change from good to bad)

Japanese

1 entries

堕落させる verb (to change from good to bad)

Kazakh

2 entries

азғын adj (in a depraved state)
бұзылған adj (in a depraved state)

Khmer

2 entries

ពុករលួយ adj (in a depraved state)
ពុករលួយ verb (to change from good to bad)

Latin

3 entries

corruptus adj (in a depraved state)
corrumpō verb (to change from good to bad)
dēprāvō verb (to change from good to bad)

Māori

4 entries

hāmate adj (with lots of errors in it)
hāmate verb (to change from good to bad)
kōrapurapu verb (to change from good to bad)
whakakonuka verb (to change from good to bad)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

korrupt adj (in a depraved state)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

korrupt adj (in a depraved state)

Occitan

1 entries

corrompre verb (to change from good to bad)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

صویسز adj (in a depraved state)
بوزمق verb (to change from good to bad)

Polish

2 entries

skorumpowany adj (in a depraved state)
zepsuty adj (with lots of errors in it)

Portuguese

2 entries

corrupto adj (in a depraved state)
corromper verb (to change from good to bad)

Romagnol

1 entries

adulterêr verb (to change from good to bad)

Romanian

2 entries

corupt adj (in a depraved state)
corupe verb (to change from good to bad)

Russian

4 entries

испо́рченный adj (with lots of errors in it)
коррумпи́рованный adj (in a depraved state)
повреждённый adj (with lots of errors in it)
прода́жный adj (in a depraved state)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

breun adj (in a depraved state)
meallta adj (in a depraved state)
olc adj (in a depraved state)

Spanish

4 entries

corrupto adj (in a depraved state)
corrupto adj (with lots of errors in it)
corromper verb (to change from good to bad)
corrumpir verb (to change from good to bad)

Swedish

2 entries

korrupt adj (in a depraved state)
fördärva verb (to change from good to bad)

Tagalog

3 entries

korap adj (in a depraved state)
kurakot adj (in a depraved state)
tiwali adj (in a depraved state)

Turkish

4 entries

bozuk adj (with lots of errors in it)
bozulmuş adj (in a depraved state)
bozulmuş adj (with lots of errors in it)
hatalı adj (with lots of errors in it)

Ukrainian

3 entries

зіпсо́ваний adj (with lots of errors in it)
корумпо́ваний adj (in a depraved state)
прода́жний adj (in a depraved state)

Vietnamese

1 entries

tham nhũng adj (in a depraved state)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Down with corrupt politicians.

Source: tatoeba (25712)

The party in power is corrupt, but the opposition is little better.

Source: tatoeba (324785)

You assume we are all sexually stable; while on the other hand, as I have become acquainted with people, I find that they are all perverted sinners, one way or another, that the whole society is corrupt and rotten and repressed and unconscious that it exhibits its repression in various forms of social sadism.

Source: tatoeba (413866)

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Source: tatoeba (523949)

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