corrupt
adjective
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked.
corrupts
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present tense formof corrupt (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The unseemly representation of necessary, lethal battle as some sort of videogame corrupts our national culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Davidson concedes that “those who worry that power corrupts and that once the right seizes power it too will be corrupted … have a point.”
From Salon ● May 13, 2025
“This is an act of pure cowardice for short-term gain that corrupts every journalistic value imaginable,” said USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Gabriel Kahn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
What we know about power is that it always corrupts.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
The very desire of it corrupts the heart.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
