corrupt
adjective
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked.
has corrupted
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present perfectof corrupt (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Characters journey through a forest, caves and mines on a “rescue mission” and discover a plot by an evil queen who has corrupted the meaning of truth.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
In centering the story of the Wadia crime syndicate, Kapoor aims to cast a light on the ways capitalism has corrupted the heroic values taught by the Sanskrit epics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
"If McKinsey's conduct has corrupted the process of engaging bankruptcy advisors, as Alix plausibly alleges, then the unsuccessful participants in that process are directly harmed," Circuit Judge Barrington Parker wrote.
From Reuters ● Jan. 19, 2022
Another argument might posit that children are watching, and to that point: Yes, they are, and there’s no indication that football’s previous enforcement of celebration rules has corrupted kids too much.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2021
It is he who has corrupted Nicholas of Reist.”
From The Traitors by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
