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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

“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

You have trashy products and you have corrupted content.

From New York Times • May 22, 2012

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