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corrupt

adjective
  1. Utterly reprehensible in nature or behavior: degenerate, depraved, flagitious, miscreant, perverse, rotten, unhealthy, villainous. See clean, good
  2. Marked by dishonesty, especially in matters of public trust: dishonest, venal. Informal: crooked. See honest
  3. Ruthlessly seeking personal advantage: mercenary, praetorian, venal. Informal: crooked. See self
verb
  1. To ruin utterly in character or quality: animalize, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, canker, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, stain, vitiate, warp. See clean, help
  2. To make morally impure: contaminate, defile, infect, pollute, soil, taint. See clean

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