corrupt
adjective
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked.
have corrupted
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present perfectof corrupt.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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David Coleman, the chief executive of the College Board, which administers the SAT, said he agrees that commercial prep classes have corrupted the test.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 5, 2019
Her presence, like Poons’s, presents an implicit argument against the cynical view that money and celebrity have corrupted hard work and aesthetic value.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2018
“It was the start of the most corrosive culture. You played with the truth. You led us down a dangerous path. You have corrupted discourse for the entire world by going along with these lies.”
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2018
Prosecutors said Thursday they will now start investigating an allegation that Mr. Berlusconi, together with a number of other people including two of his lawyers, could have corrupted witnesses, persuading...
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2014
Surely Bon could not have corrupted her to fatalism in twelve days, who not only had not tried to corrupt her to unchastity but not even to defy her father.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
