The meaning of Corrupt

verb

Render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.

Usage examples:

The brewer is said to adulterate his beer

adjective

Not pure or genuine.

Usage examples:

Adulterate remedies

verb

To make something weaker or of worse quality by adding something else to it

Usage examples:

Saffron is very expensive, and is often adulterated with other plants.

verb

Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

Usage examples:

Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage

verb

To change a characteristic, often slightly, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] the coat was too long, so i took it back to the store to have it altered., some things in lif…

verb

To change the appearance, character, or structure of something, or to be changed in this way

Usage examples:

Just last week, the company agreed to alter some of its business practices., if they want to contin…

adjective

Lacking a moral sense; unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something.

Usage examples:

An amoral attitude to sex

adjective

Without moral principles

Usage examples:

Business is an amoral activity focused coldly on success.

verb

Change (something) in such a way as to lower its quality or value, typically by adding new elements.

Usage examples:

Our biggest fear was they were going to take our script and bastardize it

verb

To change something in a way that makes it fail to represent the values and qualities that it is intended to represent

verb

Dishonestly persuade (someone) to act in one's favour by a gift of money or other inducement.

Usage examples:

They attempted to bribe opponents into losing

noun

A sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone.

Usage examples:

Lawmakers were caught accepting bribes to bring in legalized gambling

verb

Obtain in exchange for payment.

Usage examples:

She bought six first-class stamps

noun

A purchase.

Usage examples:

Wine is rarely a good buy in duty-free shops

verb

To obtain something by paying money for it

Usage examples:

She was saving to buy a car., he bought some flowers for his girlfriend., she’ll never buy that sto…

adjective

Able to be bought; on sale.

Usage examples:

These banned sweets are still buyable in markets

verb

Make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.

Usage examples:

The site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity

verb

To make something less pure or make it poisonous

Usage examples:

The disease can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and other small organisms that contami…

verb

To make something less pure or make it poisonous

Usage examples:

The government recently reported that 10% of farmland has been destroyed by pollution and that heav…

verb

Prepare (food, a dish, or a meal) by mixing, combining, and heating the ingredients.

Usage examples:

Shall i cook dinner tonight?

noun

A person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job or in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Susan was a school cook

noun

Transform by heating

adjective

Able to be made to do something dishonest or immoral

Usage examples:

Some people have more confidence in women because they feel they are less corruptible., perhaps som…

adjective

Guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others.

Usage examples:

A deceitful politician

adjective

Marked by deliberate deceptiveness

verb

Make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent to it.

Usage examples:

Bleach can be diluted with cold water

adjective

(of a liquid) made thinner or weaker by having had water or another solvent added to it.

Usage examples:

The water turnover rates of hummingbirds feeding on dilute nectar are more similar to those of amph…

verb

To make a liquid weaker by mixing it with water or another liquid

Usage examples:

Dilute the bleach in water before adding it to the wash., he disinfected the tub with a solution of…

adjective

Tending to bring harm to a reputation.

Usage examples:

Allegations of discreditable conduct

adjective

Causing or likely to cause a loss of respect for a person, group, or idea

Usage examples:

Their tactics were highly discreditable., defence lawyers may try to bring up discreditable inciden…

adjective

Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way.

Usage examples:

He was a dishonest hypocrite prepared to exploit his family

adjective

Not honest

Usage examples:

He’s been dishonest with us, and i’ll never trust him again.

adjective

Bringing shame or disgrace on someone or something.

Usage examples:

His crimes are petty and dishonourable

adjective

A dishonourable action causes embarrassment and a loss of people's respect

Usage examples:

This was a dishonourable attempt to avoid responsibility., they regard killing an unarmed man as di…

adjective

Not considered to be respectable in character or appearance.

Usage examples:

He was heavy, grubby, and vaguely disreputable

verb

Pull or twist out of shape.

Usage examples:

A grimace distorted her mouth

verb

To change something from its natural or usual shape or condition

Usage examples:

Agony distorted his face., there are those who would distort the facts to serve their own political…

verb

To change something from its original, natural, or intended meaning, condition, or shape, especially in a negative way

Usage examples:

Governments are able to maintain discriminatory procurement practices which significantly distort t…

noun

A person who is qualified to treat people who are ill.

Usage examples:

Doctor thornhill

verb

Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.

Usage examples:

The reports could have been doctored

noun

A person with a medical degree whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured

Usage examples:

This health plan lets you choose your own doctor., he claimed the photo had been doctored.

noun

The act of cheating or tricking someone by hiding your real intentions

Usage examples:

Several high-ranking officials were named in the scandal, accused of fraud and double dealing.

verb

Alter (information, a document, or evidence) so as to mislead.

Usage examples:

A laboratory which was alleged to have falsified test results

verb

To change documents, figures, records, etc. in order to deceive someone

Usage examples:

She was charged with falsifying bank records., the certificate had clearly been falsified., five pe…

noun

A violin.

Usage examples:

This tradition is still at the heart of their music, with the female voices front-lining the instru…

verb

Touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way.

Usage examples:

Lena fiddled with her cup

verb

To move things around or touch things without a particular purpose

Usage examples:

He stood there fiddling with his keys.

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

Usage examples:

How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

noun

A prefixed title given to an italian monk or friar.

Usage examples:

Fra angelico

verb

Handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner.

Usage examples:

He manipulated the dials of the set

verb

Influence or control shrewdly or deviously

verb

To influence or control someone to your advantage, often without that person knowing it

Usage examples:

Her success is partly due to her ability to manipulate the media., the wheelchair is designed to be…

verb

Try to influence or thwart by underhand or unfair methods.

Usage examples:

An attempt to nobble the jury

verb

To make something fail, especially to make a horse in a race fail by giving it drugs

Usage examples:

The jury who convicted him were suspected of being nobbled., he nobbled her in the corridor to sign…

adjective

Causing general public outrage by a perceived offence against morality or law.

Usage examples:

A series of scandalous liaisons

adjective

Worthy of or causing shame or disgrace.

Usage examples:

A shameful accusation

adjective

Causing you to feel guilty or ashamed, or being a cause for feeling ashamed

Usage examples:

[ + that clause ] it’s shameful that his own country did not fully appreciate his talent until it w…

noun

A plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.

Usage examples:

A grid of ruled squares

adjective

Having the shape or approximate shape of a square.

Usage examples:

A square table

adverb

Directly; straight.

Usage examples:

The ball hit me square in the forehead

verb

Bribe or otherwise induce (someone) to commit an unlawful act such as perjury.

Usage examples:

He was accused of conspiring to suborn witnesses

verb

To persuade someone, for example by offering them money, to commit an illegal act, especially to tell lies in a court of law

Usage examples:

He is a liar, and he suborned perjury from her early on in this investigation., such agreements cou…

noun

A trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality.

Usage examples:

The lingering taint of creosote

verb

Contaminate or pollute (something).

Usage examples:

The air was tainted by fumes from the cars

noun

The perineum.

adjective

Acting or done in a secret or dishonest way.

Usage examples:

Underhand dealings

adjective

(done) by moving the arm from back to front with the hand below shoulder level and with the inner part of the hand facing forward

Usage examples:

An underhand toss

adjective

Done secretly, and sometimes dishonestly, in order to achieve an advantage

Usage examples:

This is an underhand attempt to resume commercial whaling., insurers have been accused of using und…

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) not acting in accordance with moral principles.

Usage examples:

An unprincipled womanizer

adjective

Having or showing no moral rules or standards of good behavior

Usage examples:

An unprincipled politician

adjective

Having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair.

Usage examples:

Unscrupulous landlords might be tempted to harass existing tenants

adjective

Willing to lie or cheat to succeed

Usage examples:

An unscrupulous salesman

adjective

Behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what you want

Usage examples:

Unscrupulous dealers/employers/operators counterfeit documents make it easier for unscrupulous empl…

adjective

Not able to be relied on as honest or truthful.

Usage examples:

Thomas considered her to be devious and untrustworthy

adjective

Showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery; corrupt.

Usage examples:

Local customs officers are notoriously venal

adjective

A venal person is willing to behave in a way that is not honest or moral in exchange for money

Usage examples:

A venal ruler, a venal regime, they are accused of being involved in venal practices.

verb

Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.

Usage examples:

Development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population

verb

To destroy or damage something

Usage examples:

He said that american military power should never again be vitiated by political concerns.