corrupt
adjective
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked.
had been corrupting
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past perfect progressiveof corrupt.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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But the older capitalists, veterans at bribing, who for years had been corrupting Congress and the Legislatures, supplied him with the necessary information.
From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Myers, Gustavus
