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corruptibility

American  
[kuh-ruhpt-uh-bil-uh-tee] / kəˌrʌpt əˈbɪl ə ti /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being corruptible; an inclination toward corruption.


Other Word Forms

  • incorruptibility noun
  • noncorruptibility noun

Example Sentences

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The “Fargo” creator expanded a single Coen Brothers movie into a multi-season anthology about the corruptibility of American goodness.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

In a statement on Friday officials said the pair "are accused of giving false testimony before the so-called Ibiza committee of inquiry in the Austrian parliament... regarding the alleged corruptibility of his government".

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2023

Burke, meanwhile, is a bag of Sour Patch Kids — glamorously wizened, blithe in both her wisdom and corruptibility.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2020

“Some mode of displacing an unfit magistrate is rendered indispensable by the fallibility of those who choose, as well as by the corruptibility of the man chosen,” the Virginia delegate George Mason said.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019

Therefore, the greatness of our power, and the great and just opinion of our corruptibility and our corruption, render it necessary to fix some bound, to plant some landmark, which we are never to exceed. 

From Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. by Morley, Henry