corrupt
adjective
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked.
is corrupting
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present progressiveof corrupt (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Something about the environment of Swan Valley is corrupting his mind.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2021
He's trapped in a story about the past that is corrupting the present, an American dilemma since well before Jay Gatsby.
From Salon ● May 30, 2019
“I've never been concerned that money is the factor driving participation or is corrupting the results,” he said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2015
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is part of a six-month, multiformat AP examination of how organized crime is corrupting soccer through match-fixing, running over four days this week.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2013
Slavery is not only tyrannical, but it is corrupting to morals.
From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Charles Carleton Coffin
