Reverse Dictionary: CORRUPT

ADJECTIVES
► ADULTERED corrupted, debased → 1624 obs.
► ADULTERING corrupting, debasing, adulterating → 1599 obs.
► BASTARDLY corrupt, degenerate, debased → 1587 obs.
► BENT corrupt, dishonest → 1914 sl., orig. US
► BOODLEISTIC addicted to corruption and bribery → 1898 sl.
► CANKERED corrupt, depraved; infected with evil → c1440
► CARRIONLY corrupt, vile, loathsome → 1547-64 obs.
► CORRUMPABLE corruptible → 1405 obs.
► CORRUPTIOUS characterized by corruption → 1559 obs.
► CORRUPTIVE liable to corruption → 1593 obs.
► CRONK corrupt, dishonest; obtained by fraud → 1889 Aust. sl.
► CRONKY corrupt, dishonest, lying → 1920 criminals’ sl.
► CROOK corrupt, dishonest → 1898 Aust. & NZ sl.
► CROOKED corrupt, dishonest → 1859 sl.
► FAST corrupt, illegal; hedonistic → E19 sl.
► FUNNY corrupt; fraudulent; of playing cards: tampered with → 20C sl.
► JACKIE TRENT corrupt, untrustworthy → 1990s rhyming sl. for ‘bent’
► MANKIT corrupt, defective, cut awry, mangled → 1928 Sc.
► MUDDY sinful; morally impure or corrupt; of questionable morality → 1600
► MUNGED that has been spoiled, corrupted, or ruined → 1987 sl., orig. US
► NAUGHTY criminal, violent, corrupt → 1830 UK criminals’ sl.
► PORK-BARREL corrupt → L19 US sl.
► PUTID morally or intellectually corrupt or worthless; base, foul, loathsome → 1580
► PUTRID corrupt, decadent; loathsome, unpleasant; contemptible; dreadful, useless → 1628
► RANK corrupt, foul; festering → 1579
► ROTTEN morally, socially, or politically corrupt; characterized by a lack of integrity or moral virtue; wicked, dishonest → 1395
► ROTTEN-BONED corrupt, weak; lacking moral strength → 1912
► ROTTEN-LIVERED morally corrupt → a1898
► RUSTY morally or spiritually corrupt; wicked; vile, offensive → 1390 obs.
► SAD corrupt, mischievous, troublesome → 17C sl.
► SCALLYWAGGING acting in a corrupt manner → L19 sl.
► SHYSTER corrupt, crooked; fraudulent → M19 US sl.
► SICK corrupt through sin or wrongdoing → c960 obs.
► SINISTROUS corrupt, underhand; dishonest → 1600 obs.
► TAINT corrupt, infected → 1620 obs.
► TARRED WITH THE SAME BRUSH corrupt, stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities → 1823
► TARRED WITH THE SAME STICK corrupt, stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities → 1818
► TOUCHED WITH THE SAME TAR-BRUSH corrupt, stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities → 1895
► UNDER THE BED corrupt, clandestine, secret → M19
► UNDER THE TABLE corrupt, clandestine, secret → M19
► VENAL easily corrupted or bribed → 1670

ADVERBS
► DEBOISTLY corruptly; debauchedly → 1604 obs.
► SINISTROUSLY corruptly; by underhand means → 1817

NOUNS
► ABUSION corrupt or shameful fact or practice; anything opposed to propriety; bad or improper usage → c1374 obs.
► ADULTERY corruption; adulteration; debasement → 1609 obs.
► BAGGAGE corrupt or foul matter → 17C Sc.
► BOODLE proceeds of corruption; counterfeit money; money illegally or dishonestly acquired or used → 1858 Amer. dial.
► BOODLEISM corruption and bribery; embezzlement of public funds → 1894 sl.
► BOODLERISM corruption and bribery; embezzlement of public funds → 1887 sl.
► BOODLERY corruption and bribery; embezzlement of public funds → 1887 sl.
► BOODLING corruption and bribery; embezzlement of public funds → 1890 sl.
► BUMMERISM action or behaviour characteristic of a vagrant or loafer; idleness, scrounging; also, corruption on the part of politicians and public officials → 1858 US., obs., depreciative
► CANKER anything that corrupts, destroys, or irritates → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CORRUMPER ► CORRUMPOUR that which corrupts → 1474 obs.
► CORRUPTIVE a thing that tends to corrupt → 1641 obs.
► FAST ONE any scheme seen as corrupt, immoral, or underhand → 1923 US sl.
► GRAFT corrupt or dishonest activity → 1865 sl., orig. US
► GRIFT corrupt or dishonest activity → 1914 US sl.
► HANKY-PANKY corrupt or dishonest activity; underhand dealing; jugglery, legerdemain; trickery; deceit → 1841 sl.
► IMPOSTHUME moral corruption, defilement → 1565
► IMPOSTUME moral corruption, defilement → 1565
► MALVERSATION corrupt behaviour in an office, commission, employment, or position of trust; an instance of this → 1549
► MENTAL RAPE a process which corrupts one’ s mind → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► OATMEAL corruption, criminality → 1946 sl.
► PRIAPISM licentiousness, obscenity; also, debasement, corruption → 1694
► PUTREFACTION moral corruption; decadence, decline → 1622
► PUTRIDNESS moral corruption; decadence; rottenness; unpleasantness, uselessness → 1823
► RUST moral decline or decay; corruption → 1000 obs.
► SINK a receptacle or gathering-place of corruption, vice, etc. → 1526
► SLEAZE political corruption → 1983 US sl.
► SYPHILIS something that causes pervasive corruption or destruction → 1821
► VENAL subject to corrupt or mercenary influences; connected or associated with sordid and unprincipled bargaining → 1718

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABUSER a corrupt person; one who uses improperly, misuses, misapplies or perverts; a perverter → c1450
► ADULTERER a person who corrupts, adulterates, or debases → 1650 obs.
► BEARD a corrupt public official → 1992 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOODLER a person who practices corruption and bribery → 1894 sl.
► BUMMER a politician or public official who is idle or corrupt; a hanger-on of a political party’s officers → 1872 US sl., obs.
► CORRUMPER ► CORRUMPOUR one who corrupts; that which corrupts → 1474 obs.
► CORRUPTRESS a woman who corrupts or misleads → 1611
► CORRUPTRICE a woman who corrupts or misleads → 1609 obs.
► CORRUPTRIX a woman who corrupts or misleads → 1611 obs.
► CROOK a corrupt or dishonest person; a professional criminal → 1877 sl., orig. US
► DUNGHILL a morally corrupt person a very dirty or scruffy person → 1542
► GRAFTER a corrupt or dishonest person; a politician, official, etc. who uses his or her position in order to obtain dishonest gain or advantage → 1896 sl., orig. US
► LURKMAN a corrupt or dishonest person; someone who lives by sharp practice → 1945 Aust. sl.
► MR. CLEAN a person who makes a point of portraying themselves (sincerely or otherwise) as free of corruption, esp. in politics, business, sport or other forms of public life in which a proclaimed moral stance is useful → 1970s sl., orig. US
► PAIRER a person who corrupts or harms something; one who impairs → 1408 obs.
► SCABBY SHEEP a corrupt person; a person who has been in questionable society or under unholy influence, and become tainted → M19 sl.
► SHYSTER a corrupt and dishonest person; someone who uses unscrupulous methods → 1844
► STRUMPET a person who is unprincipled, unreliable, or immoral; a person who acts in a debased or corrupt way for profit or advantage → 1382
► ULCER a person who corrupts; a morally diseased person → 1844
► WRONG GEE ► WRONG GUY a corrupt and devious man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person → 1920s US criminals’ sl.

PHRASES
► IN THE SATCHEL corrupted; bribed; beholden to someone else → 1955 US sl.
► SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK there is a corrupt element underlying a situation; also, something is incorrect or unsatisfactory → 1603

VERBS
► ABASTARD to corrupt; to debase; to deteriorate; to make or declare bastard or illegitimate → 1610 obs.
► ADULTER to corrupt, to debase → 1382 obs.
► ADULTERIZE to corrupt, to debase, to adulterate → 1593
► AFILE to corrupt; to taint; to sully; to defile; to render morally foul or pollute; to destroy the ideal purity of → a1000 obs.
► AWEM to corrupt or defile someone or something → a1000 obs.
► BEND 1. to corrupt; to pervert; to commit some form of fraudulent manoeuvre, esp. as in losing a race deliberately, bribing a policeman or a sporting competitor → 19C sl.
2. to allow oneself to be corrupted → 19C sl.
► BESHREW to corrupt; to pervert; to deprave; to make wicked or evil → c1325 obs.
► CANKER to corrupt; to destroy slowly → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CLIP THE KING’S ENGLISH to speak corruptly → 1922 (Bk.)
► CORRUMP to destroy morally, to make morally corrupt → 1340 obs.
► DEBOISE to corrupt morally; to deprave by sensuality → 1654 obs.
► DIVICIATE to corrupt, to defile; to deprive a woman of chastity → c1470 obs.
► FADE to corrupt; to taint; to deprive of freshness or vigour → c1400 obs.
► FALSE to corrupt; to falsify; to make untrue; to introduce falsehood into → c1380 obs.
► GRAFT to act corruptly or dishonestly → 1859 sl., orig. US
► GRIFT to act corruptly or dishonestly → 1915 US sl.
► INQUINATE to corrupt; to pollute, to defile, to contaminate, to befoul → 1542 obs.
► MALVERSE to act corruptly in a position of trust → 1671 obs.
► NERONIZE to corrupt; to deprave → 1675
► NOBBLE to use illicit methods to obtain a person’s help, to swindle, to influence, or to corrupt → 1856 sl.
► POLLUTE to make morally impure; to violate the purity or sanctity of; to profane or desecrate; to corrupt, to sully → 1382
► PREVARICATE to pervert, to corrupt, to misrepresent, to falsify → 1595
► PREVARY to corrupt, to pervert → 1541 obs.
► PUTREFY to make corrupt, esp. morally → 1548
► RORT to engage in corrupt practices → 1919 Aust. sl.
► RUST to corrupt or contaminate morally or physically; to taint; to infect → 1493
► SHEND to disfigure; to corrupt, to infect; to defile, to soil → 950 obs.
► SUBVERT to corrupt; to pervert a person; to undermine the character, loyalty, or faith of → c1375
► VENOM to corrupt; to deprave; to infect with moral evil → a1300