Synonyms for corrupted
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuh-ruhpt |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈrʌpt |
Définition of corrupted
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French corropt "unhealthy, corrupt; uncouth" (of language), and directly from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere "to destroy; spoil," figuratively "corrupt, seduce, bribe," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + rup-, past participle stem of rumpere "to break" (see rupture (n.)). Related: Corruptly; corruptness.
- adj debased
- I am secure in one of the wench's qualities however—she is not to be corrupted.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Your people have steadily destroyed and corrupted my people.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- Where the flour is corrupted, the use of it in every other article of food, will of course be as unwholesome as in that of bread.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- You have corrupted my son's mind, and encouraged him to insult his mother.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- But the judge controls mind by mind; and therefore his mind should not be corrupted by crime.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- The Athenian youth were not corrupted in this sense, and therefore the Sophists could not have corrupted them.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- He says he knows how the youth are corrupted and who are their corruptors.
- Extract from : « Euthyphro » by Plato
- He says that 'if he has corrupted the youth, he must have corrupted them involuntarily.'
- Extract from : « Apology » by Plato
- And if that happened, you on your side, it appears, believe the boy will be corrupted?
- Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon
- No less surprising to my mind is the belief that Socrates corrupted the young.
- Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
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