All corrupt synonyms
corΒ·rupt
C c verb corrupt
- pervert β to affect with perversion.
- harm β a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- debase β To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
- violate β to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- subvert β to overthrow (something established or existing).
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- taint β the area between the testicles or vulva and the anus; the perineum.
- warp β OS/2
- impair β to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- demean β If you demean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you.
- undermine β to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
- contaminate β If something is contaminated by dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful.
- bribe β A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
- misuse β wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- demoralize β If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- degrade β Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
adj corrupt
- unscrupulous β not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
- crooked β If you describe something as crooked, especially something that is usually straight, you mean that it is bent or twisted.
- shady β abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- rotten β decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- fraudulent β characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- nefarious β extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- venal β willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary: a venal judge.
- unethical β lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- untrustworthy β deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
- depraved β Depraved actions, things, or people are morally bad or evil.
- boorish β Boorish behaviour is rough, uneducated, and rude.
- debauched β If you describe someone as debauched, you mean they behave in a way that you think is socially unacceptable, for example because they drink a lot of alcohol or have sex with a lot of people.
- reprobate β a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate.
- bent β Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.
- foul β grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
- padded β a dull, muffled sound, as of footsteps on the ground.
- base β The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- tainted β a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- fixed β fastened, attached, or placed so as to be firm and not readily movable; firmly implanted; stationary; rigid.
- open β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- profiteering β a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- suborned β to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- abandoned β An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied.
- loose β free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- low β to utter by or as by lowing.
- degenerate β If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
- degraded β disgraced, debased, depraved, etc.
- abased β (of a charge) lower on an escutcheon than is usual: a bend abased.
- dishonored β lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- altered β to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- decayed β having rotted as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposed
- defiled β to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
- distorted β not truly or completely representing the facts or reality; misrepresented; false: She has a distorted view of life.
- falsified β to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.