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Corrupt

Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

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Similar meaning 46

Bribable 84% connected

Capable of being bribed.

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Bribable 84% connected

Capable of being bribed.

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Corrupted 84% connected

of Corrupt

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Corrupted 84% connected

of Corrupt

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Corruptible 84% connected

Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay.

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Corruptible 84% connected

Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay.

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Debased 84% connected

of Debase

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Debased 84% connected

of Debase

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Depraved 84% connected

of Deprave

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Depraved 84% connected

of Deprave

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Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Dishonest 84% connected

Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

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Dishonest 84% connected

Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

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Imperfect 84% connected

Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.

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Imperfect 84% connected

Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.

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Perverse 84% connected

Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.

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Perverse 84% connected

Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.

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Perverted 84% connected

of Pervert

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Perverted 84% connected

of Pervert

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Praetorian 84% connected

See Pretorian.

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Praetorian 84% connected

See Pretorian.

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Pretorian 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority.

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Pretorian 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority.

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Purchasable 84% connected

Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration; hence, venal; corrupt.

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Purchasable 84% connected

Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration; hence, venal; corrupt.

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Putrid 84% connected

Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.

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Putrid 84% connected

Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.

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Reprobate 84% connected

Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

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Reprobate 84% connected

Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

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Shoddy 84% connected

A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.

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Shoddy 84% connected

A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.

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Sneaky 84% connected

Like a sneak; sneaking.

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Sneaky 84% connected

Like a sneak; sneaking.

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Sordid 84% connected

Filthy; foul; dirty.

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Sordid 84% connected

Filthy; foul; dirty.

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Stale 84% connected

The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.

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Stale 84% connected

The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.

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Underhand 84% connected

Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.

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Underhand 84% connected

Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.

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Underhanded 84% connected

Underhand; clandestine.

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Underhanded 84% connected

Underhand; clandestine.

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Venal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood.

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Venal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood.

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Vitiated 84% connected

of Vitiate

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Vitiated 84% connected

of Vitiate

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Manner of action 12

Adulterate 76% connected

To defile by adultery.

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Bastardize 76% connected

To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.

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Carnalize 76% connected

To make carnal; to debase to carnality.

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Debase 76% connected

To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to de…

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Dilute 76% connected

To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.

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Infect 76% connected

Infected. Cf. Enfect.

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Load 76% connected

A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

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Poison 76% connected

Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a dea…

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Sensualize 76% connected

To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized by pleasure.

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Sop 76% connected

Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.

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Stretch 76% connected

To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

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Suborn 76% connected

To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Deflower 76% connected

Same as Deflour.

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Impair 76% connected

To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.

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Mar 76% connected

A small lake. See Mere.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Pay 76% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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Spoil 76% connected

To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

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Vitiate 76% connected

To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exagger…

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Derivationally related 10

Bribable 74% connected

Capable of being bribed.

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Bribable 74% connected

Capable of being bribed.

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Corruption 74% connected

The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putref…

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Corruption 74% connected

The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putref…

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Corruptive 74% connected

Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.

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Corruptive 74% connected

Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.

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Corruptness 74% connected

The quality of being corrupt.

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Corruptness 74% connected

The quality of being corrupt.

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Crookedness 74% connected

The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

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Crookedness 74% connected

The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

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Attribute 6

Corruption 66% connected

The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putref…

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Corruption 66% connected

The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putref…

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Honesty 66% connected

Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.

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Honesty 66% connected

Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.

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Dishonest 66% connected

Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

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Dishonest 66% connected

Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

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Dishonorable 66% connected

Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.

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Dishonorable 66% connected

Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.

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Immoral 66% connected

Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licenti…

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Immoral 66% connected

Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licenti…

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Unlawful 66% connected

Not lawful; contrary to law.

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Unlawful 66% connected

Not lawful; contrary to law.

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Synonym 19

Bribe 92% connected

A gift begged; a present.

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Buy 92% connected

To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a…

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Cloud 92% connected

A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

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Corrupted 92% connected

of Corrupt

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Crooked 92% connected

of Crook

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Debase 92% connected

To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to de…

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Debauch 92% connected

To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self b…

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Defile 92% connected

To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

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Demoralize 92% connected

To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in disciplin…

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Deprave 92% connected

To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.

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Misdirect 92% connected

To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies.

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Pervert 92% connected

To turnanother way; to divert.

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Profane 92% connected

Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, rel…

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Spoil 92% connected

To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

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Subvert 92% connected

To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

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Sully 92% connected

To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.

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Taint 92% connected

A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.

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Tainted 92% connected

of Taint

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Vitiate 92% connected

To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exagger…

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Antonym 4

Incorrupt 94% connected

Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled.

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Incorrupt 94% connected

Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled.

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Square 94% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Square 94% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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