corrupt
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4.4
- adjective
- /kəˈrʌpt/
:
corrupto
- The corrupt government officials accepted bribes to grant favor to certain businesses.
- a corrupt government
- corrupt officials
- corrupt politicians
A picture of her with some corrupt individuals?
- A picture of her with some corrupt individuals?
- The thing is, you don't want starkly corrupt, unfair situations.
- We have all sorts of corrupt, poorly functioning states.
- But saying an evil system is corrupt is like saying water is wet.
- We're talking about an impartial, non corrupt, competent civil service.
- These are the most corrupt companies in history.
- It's becoming more and more disunified and corrupt as it goes along.
- It is so corrupt, it is so unethical.
- And many of the same corrupt structures continued to hold sway.
- OK, Ukraine is deemed to be the most, quote, corrupt country in Europe.
- What we have in America now is a corrupt political system.
Examples
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You know how this city feels about corrupt cops.
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The world is corrupt, and I never should've left.
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These are the most corrupt companies in history.
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Look, he might be corrupt, but he was totally right.
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It's run by a corrupt Chinese general.
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But it's corrupt and the system is causing it.
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Wilcox is a corrupt man.
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We have all sorts of corrupt, poorly functioning states.
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Afghanistan was ranked by Transparency International as the third most corrupt nation in the world in 2010.
Academic text (2011) -
The poorly paid police are believed to be thoroughly corrupt and the perpetrators of many serious crimes.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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2.5
Likely to lie or cheat to get something for yourself
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4.8
Not right according to moral or professional rules most people accept
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6.5
Trying to trick people to get their money
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5.5
Not honest and likely to do illegal things
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3.6
Doing dishonest things to get money or power
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6.4
Acting in a dishonest or tricky way to get what you want
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5.0
Acting in a dishonest way to make people believe something untrue
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7.5
A person or company that is not honest and tries to take advantage of others
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9.1
Willing to take money to do illegal or dishonest things
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5.5
Dishonest and unfair, often in business
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8.1
Completely dishonest and morally bad in every part
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9.2
Likely to betray someone's trust by lying or cheating
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7.0
Dishonest and likely to trick people for money or advantage
Dishonest and morally ruined because of wrong actions
Dishonest in a way that makes you think of a scam
Antonyms
Compounds
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8.8
United States law from 1970 used to fight organized crime by giving stronger punishments
How Corrupt
Surface Forms
Etymology
Corrupt comes from a Latin idea that meant 'to break' or 'spoil', and it has the root rupt like in rupture or interrupt, which all mean 'break'. So a corrupt person is one whose morals are 'broken' or 'spoiled', which explains the modern meaning of being dishonest.