Corrupting
[kə'rʌptɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) that infects or taints .
(adj.) harmful to the mind or morals; 'corrupt judges and their corrupting influence'; 'the vicious and degrading cult of violence' .
(adj.) seducing into corrupt practices .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corrupt
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Examples
- In popular usage we apply it only to corrupting businesses. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We are positively corrupting people. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Such limitation was both distorting and corrupting. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The soul too has her own corrupting principles, which are injustice, intemperance, cowardice, and the like. Plato. The Republic.
- Would you agree with me in thinking that the corrupting and destroying element is the evil, and the saving and improving element the good? Plato. The Republic.
- It was part of being an insider but it was a very corrupting business. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- What I object to is the emphasis which shifts the blame for our troubles from the shoulders of the people to those of the corrupting interests. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The alien conditions which are corrupting to one nature, may be the elements of culture to another. Plato. The Republic.
- The trusts had appeared, labor was restless, vice seemed to be corrupting the vitality of the nation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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