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1. Seducing into corrupt practices
    
2. Harmful to the mind or morals
   "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence";
   - degrading
    
3. That infects or taints
   - contaminating

1. Alter from the original to become worse or broken
   - spoil
    
2. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
   "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "corrupt the morals";
   - pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise [Brit], debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
    
3. (crime) make illegal payments to in exchange for favours or influence
   "This judge can be corrupted";
   - bribe, buy, grease the palm of
    
4. (of someone's image or good reputation) damage, place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
   "corrupt someone's reputation";
   - defile, sully, taint, cloud, tarnish, soil, stain

See also: infectious, noxious, seductive

Type of: alter, change, deflower, impair, mar, modify, pay, pollute, spoil, vitiate

Encyclopedia: Corrupt