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corrupted 1 of 2

adjective

as in rotten

having undergone organic breakdown corrupted corpses that sickened the animal control officers sent to investigate

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corrupted

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verb

past tense of corrupt

as in decomposed

to go through decomposition a dead mouse corrupting in the walls produced a terrible smell

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as in degraded

to lower in character, dignity, or quality some observers believe that grossly violent movies corrupt the people who watch them as well as the people who make them

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as in bribed

to influence someone with a bribe he bragged about having corrupted half of the officials on the city council

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Sponsors are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete or technically corrupted entries. — Sponsored Content, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026 Incomplete, corrupted, untimely, or unintelligible Submissions or Submission Forms will be disqualified. — August 16, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026 The demon Rasho-gan has taken over the shrine and corrupted worshippers’ prayers. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026 The anime merely depicts a border spat between a few small nations, whereas the manga is more global in reach and also deals with much of the underlying mysteries of the corrupted world the characters now live in. — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Clark has a lot in common with Sam Neill’s corrupted scientist in Event Horizon. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 29 May 2026 Now imagine that kind of corrupted, perverted system of justice writ large. — Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026 Every subsequent read of the file sees the corrupted version, even though the attacker only ever had read access. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026 This means their control of a corrupted American political system will have ramifications worldwide. — Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026

Verb

Scott the aesthete, the creator of indelible images and ethereal moods who was unafraid to linger in beauty, even when that beauty was corrupted. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026 As a result, the notion of utopia became increasingly associated with the sci-fi genre, while the idea of creating a perfect social order here on earth was corrupted by totalitarian regimes. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026 If Romance balanced the human and the corrupted, Dopamine Chamber deliberately tips the scales. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 18 Aug. 2026 Schumer has been corrupted absolutely in his quest for power. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 Thomas Mann—who later changed his mind on such matters—believed that Germany in the First World War was fighting for its unique national soul against a shallow materialist Western civilization corrupted by rationalism. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 That said, real Strange may be corrupted by the Darkhold and Wanda could still be on her villain arc. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Most of the other relationships in the movie are hopelessly corrupted or poisoned in some way, as Letty moves between an unloving mother and a vengeful former lover, and others whose closeness is a weapon to be feared. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 28 July 2026 The unsightly mushroom could have corrupted her maids’ morals, or even their health. — Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for corrupted

Adjective

His last Netflix partnership, the miniseries Zero Day, put up rotten scores.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Always bury the rotten fruit in the center of your compost pile to help mask the smell and deter unwanted animals.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of rotten

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Determining the causes of death was complicated by how decomposed the bodies were, the medical examiner’s office said.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
The study hypothesized that the sickle was added before the body fully decomposed since no joints were detached or displaced, as archaeologists would expect if a grave were to be disturbed after the body became a skeleton.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of decomposed

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The invasion has raised European willingness to spend more on defense, and the fighting has badly degraded Russia’s armed forces.

— JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
Russia’s subsequent full-scale invasion has largely degraded into a battlefield stalemate, with Moscow’s and Kyiv’s forces vying for the upper hand, though the two sides have recently intensified their aerial attacks on one another.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of degraded

Verb

In 2015, a lower court convicted the former prime minister of having bribed a senator, handing him a three-year sentence.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Then on Thursday, less than a month later, a federal indictment was unsealed alleging that LeVota bribed a county lawmaker in order to ensure their recusal from the race for the county’s top seat.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of bribed

Adjective

People are throwing out spoiled food and lining up for hot meals, according to reports, while searching for laundromats, working Wi-Fi, cleaning wipes and diapers.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Fridge smells often come from spoiled food and mildew, which can be tackled with vinegar and baking soda.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of spoiled

Verb

The resulting collisions formed excited compound nuclei that decayed through multiple gamma-ray steps.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
In order to have aqueous alteration there needs to be some internal heating [usually via radioactive elements] and if something forms later than everything else then there will be less heat [since many of the radioactive elements will have already decayed].

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of decayed

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When Miguel is being seduced by the bunker project, Zeller and composer Volker Bertelmann even weave voices resembling the Sirens into the score.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Blowing Oleksa’s cover would mean publicly admitting that there are five senators on her asset list — one of whom was seduced into posing for some, uh, compromising photographs.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026

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