Corrupt
adjective
Dishonest or illegal behavior, especially people in power.
The corrupt officials took bribes from the drug traffickers.
Often appears as...
- corrupt government
- corrupt officials
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Disapproving
verb
To make someone or something become dishonest or immoral.
The love of money can corrupt people.
Often appears as...
- corrupt the system
- corrupt the mind
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Disapproving
adjective
Changed or damaged so it is not working properly or is no longer pure.
The file is corrupt and won't open.
Often appears as...
- corrupt data
- corrupt file
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Technical
verb
To damage or destroy the original state or quality of something.
The virus corrupts the computer's system.
Often appears as...
- corrupt the software
- corrupt the data
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Disapproving
adjective
Dishonest or illegal behavior, especially people in power.
The corrupt officials took bribes from the drug traffickers.
Often appears as...
- corrupt government
- corrupt officials
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To make someone or something become dishonest or immoral.
The love of money can corrupt people.
Often appears as...
- corrupt the system
- corrupt the mind
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Changed or damaged so it is not working properly or is no longer pure.
The file is corrupt and won't open.
Often appears as...
- corrupt data
- corrupt file
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To damage or destroy the original state or quality of something.
The virus corrupts the computer's system.
Often appears as...
- corrupt the software
- corrupt the data
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Power Abuses
Often relates to abuse of power by leaders or institutions.
The mayor was found to be corrupt and was immediately removed from office.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Context
Frequently used in legal and political contexts where law and order are central.
After the scandal, the corrupt organization was taken to court.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
Carries a strong negative emotional weight, describing despicable actions or people.
Corrupt individuals who exploit the poor cause societal outrage.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Abuses
Often relates to abuse of power by leaders or institutions.
The mayor was found to be corrupt and was immediately removed from office.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Context
Frequently used in legal and political contexts where law and order are central.
After the scandal, the corrupt organization was taken to court.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
Carries a strong negative emotional weight, describing despicable actions or people.
Corrupt individuals who exploit the poor cause societal outrage.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Abuses
Often relates to abuse of power by leaders or institutions.
The mayor was found to be corrupt and was immediately removed from office.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Context
Frequently used in legal and political contexts where law and order are central.
After the scandal, the corrupt organization was taken to court.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
Carries a strong negative emotional weight, describing despicable actions or people.
Corrupt individuals who exploit the poor cause societal outrage.
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Why is it so hard to...
Others can affect entire nations, such as cycles of corrupt government or climate change. But the cruel irony of welfare traps in particular is that they stem from the very policies designed to battle poverty. Most societies throughout history employed some strategies to help people in poverty meet basic needs.
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An Art Made of Trust,...
You have to make the change on yourself. Because the only way to change consciousness and to change the world around us, is to start with yourself. It's so easy to criticize how it's different, the things in the world and they're not right, and the governments are corrupted and there's hunger in the world
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Ugly history: The 1937...
but due to corrupt bureaucracy, barely any of these funds reached survivors or their families. Neither Trujillo nor anyone in his government was ever punished for this crime against humanity. The legacy of the massacre remains a source of tension between the two countries.
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Why political...
folks it's not something in the water it's not that people got mean it's not the attack ads it's not the money it's not the news these things all have something to do with it sure and they all feed into it the viciousness of the news cycle and the corrupting influence
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Why should you read...
picking up on many of the same themes. In many ways, the novel follows a common narrative thread where a promising youth is seduced and corrupted by the dangers of urban life. But its social critique cuts far deeper. Raskolnikov rationalizes that his own advancement
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The surprising science...
situations may no doubt deserve to be preferred to others but none of them can be desert none of them can deserve to be pursued with that passionate ardor which drives us to violate the rules either of prudence or of justice or to corrupt the
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The Secret of Musical...
struggle in which servants rebel against the corrupt masters sexual advances yeah it's a hot house effect and and that's why it's extremely rare to see genius just come out of nowhere you know it's just like all of a sudden
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Billy Graham:...
And many of you, I'm sure, have thought about that and puzzled over it. You've seen people take beneficial technological advances, such as the Internet we've heard about tonight, and twist them into something corrupting.
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The Japanese folktale of...
The burial was complete, but the taboo of death weighed heavily on the scholar. How could he have been so foolish, to shirk his most important rule and corrupt his divine journey? After a tormented night,
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Why are we happy? Why...
with that passionate ardor which drives us to violate the rules either of prudence or of justice, or to corrupt the future tranquility of our minds, either by shame from the remembrance of our own folly,
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Why is it so hard to...
Others can affect entire nations, such as cycles of corrupt government or climate change. But the cruel irony of welfare traps in particular is that they stem from the very policies designed to battle poverty. Most societies throughout history employed some strategies to help people in poverty meet basic needs.
Video examples
An Art Made of Trust,...
You have to make the change on yourself. Because the only way to change consciousness and to change the world around us, is to start with yourself. It's so easy to criticize how it's different, the things in the world and they're not right, and the governments are corrupted and there's hunger in the world
Video examples
Ugly history: The 1937...
but due to corrupt bureaucracy, barely any of these funds reached survivors or their families. Neither Trujillo nor anyone in his government was ever punished for this crime against humanity. The legacy of the massacre remains a source of tension between the two countries.
Video examples
Why political...
folks it's not something in the water it's not that people got mean it's not the attack ads it's not the money it's not the news these things all have something to do with it sure and they all feed into it the viciousness of the news cycle and the corrupting influence
Video examples
Why should you read...
picking up on many of the same themes. In many ways, the novel follows a common narrative thread where a promising youth is seduced and corrupted by the dangers of urban life. But its social critique cuts far deeper. Raskolnikov rationalizes that his own advancement
Video examples
The surprising science...
situations may no doubt deserve to be preferred to others but none of them can be desert none of them can deserve to be pursued with that passionate ardor which drives us to violate the rules either of prudence or of justice or to corrupt the
Video examples
The Secret of Musical...
struggle in which servants rebel against the corrupt masters sexual advances yeah it's a hot house effect and and that's why it's extremely rare to see genius just come out of nowhere you know it's just like all of a sudden
Video examples
Billy Graham:...
And many of you, I'm sure, have thought about that and puzzled over it. You've seen people take beneficial technological advances, such as the Internet we've heard about tonight, and twist them into something corrupting.
Video examples
The Japanese folktale of...
The burial was complete, but the taboo of death weighed heavily on the scholar. How could he have been so foolish, to shirk his most important rule and corrupt his divine journey? After a tormented night,
Video examples
Why are we happy? Why...
with that passionate ardor which drives us to violate the rules either of prudence or of justice, or to corrupt the future tranquility of our minds, either by shame from the remembrance of our own folly,
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Jerrod Carmichael
American Actor
If you've ever liked an artist or someone who then does something or is accused of something extremely corrupt, and your moral conscience won't allow you to accept that artist, the truth is then that creates a void in your life. Because then something you loved was taken from you.
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Jeff Lemire
Canadian Artist
When you're a kid, you're not as corrupted by the world at large. You're not corrupted by prejudices. You're much more open-minded. Much more interested in the world around you. 'Sweet Tooth' is about the world returning to that kind of place.
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RJ Mitte
American Actor
I've always treated money with respect, but I don't really think about money - I try to avoid it, because I don't like what money does to people. I find if you get too much money involved, people get corrupted.
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Saul Alinsky
American Activist
Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life.
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Jacques Chirac
French Statesman
Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.
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John Adams
American President
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
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Kendrick Sampson
American Actor
I've always wanted to play the villain. You get to be morally corrupt. You don't get to do that in real life.
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Ginger Baker
British Musician
I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world.
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Charles Dance
English Actor
Power is always a corrupting influence.
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Menander
Greek Poet
Bad company corrupts good character.
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Jerrod Carmichael
American Actor
If you've ever liked an artist or someone who then does something or is accused of something extremely corrupt, and your moral conscience won't allow you to accept that artist, the truth is then that creates a void in your life. Because then something you loved was taken from you.
Quote examples
Jeff Lemire
Canadian Artist
When you're a kid, you're not as corrupted by the world at large. You're not corrupted by prejudices. You're much more open-minded. Much more interested in the world around you. 'Sweet Tooth' is about the world returning to that kind of place.
Quote examples
RJ Mitte
American Actor
I've always treated money with respect, but I don't really think about money - I try to avoid it, because I don't like what money does to people. I find if you get too much money involved, people get corrupted.
Quote examples
Saul Alinsky
American Activist
Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life.
Quote examples
Jacques Chirac
French Statesman
Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.
Quote examples
John Adams
American President
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
Quote examples
Kendrick Sampson
American Actor
I've always wanted to play the villain. You get to be morally corrupt. You don't get to do that in real life.
Quote examples
Ginger Baker
British Musician
I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world.
Quote examples
Charles Dance
English Actor
Power is always a corrupting influence.
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Menander
Greek Poet
Bad company corrupts good character.
Example 1 of 10
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