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corrupt

[kuh-ruhpt] / kəˈrʌpt /






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He’s corrupted from the inside by a system that has no regard for his humanity.

From Los Angeles Times

When troublemaker Arlene moves in across the street to live with her father, Maria falls helplessly under her corrupting influence.

From Los Angeles Times

"So it's not surprising there are people who will make mistakes or who are corrupt," says Professor Kerry Brown of King's College London.

From BBC

It’s also linked to the modern evolution of Friday the 13th as an unlucky day, based in part on Thomas Lawson’s 1907 best-seller about a corrupt stockbroker who crashes the market.

From Barron's

“Does the Department of War want something like that in their supply chain, so that it could hallucinate, it could corrupt models that are used by defense contractors who are building weapons systems of airplanes?”

From The Wall Street Journal