Corrupt is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Corrupt in a sentence
Related words
Corrupt meaning
- Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
- In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
- Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
Synonyms of Corrupt
Using Corrupt
- The main meaning on this page is: Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes. | In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals. | Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
- Useful related words include: dishonest, corrupted, vitiate, modify.
- In the example corpus, corrupt often appears in combinations such as: corrupt and, the corrupt, corrupt practices.
Example sentences (20)
Q: Do you think the Trump administration is more corrupt than previous administrations, less corrupt, or is the Trump administration about as corrupt as previous administrations?
Malawi is going in the same direction just because we have a leadership that is so corrupt and would want to protect their corrupt ways.
The protesters shouted, among other things, “scoundrel press,” “get out of here, corrupt,” “out, corrupt people from this country,” while they followed them, trying to drive them away.
And further still, prosecution of the truly corrupt, is labelled corrupt.
In a wide-ranging attack, Sir David said multi-millionaire Mr Amersi was a “shady fixer for corrupt politicians” who had made his fortune by “facilitating corrupt deals for dictatorships and autocracies” including Russia.
People should not forget that the first government of the most corrupt person was formed in Delhi with the support of Congress, hence, they have learned the lessons of corruption from the corrupt Congress,” he said.
They were corrupt. They were so corrupt that the US pulled the plug on them.
This fluidity of allegiance was not an uncommon arrangement: Not long before, Boston had been described by one scholar of crime as the most corrupt city in the most corrupt state in the country.
When you strip "Rebel Ridge" down to its brass tacks, it's ultimately a movie about a Black man facing off against not just corrupt cops, but an inherently corrupt system.
Government is only punishing the corrupt but there isn’t any encouragement for the non-corrupt”.
In this industry, corrupt leaders, as well as corrupt officials, earned much.
I often hear people saying that certain officials dealing with the public are generally corrupt. If that's true, it means that the same number of citizens are corrupt.
Spalding said there is one area where the Trump administration has kept up the pressure on corrupt activity: enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The inspector at buildings department who issued the certificate of completion is corrupt and I think blind too and contractee and contractor are corrupt too.
This corrupt big Oranatan headed nigger is a corrupt PLP in FNM clothing; he doesn’t deserve shit.
We were told by his apostles that, he is not corrupt and has never been corrupt. Ghanaians bought into this grand deception and gave him the opportunity to govern them.
Despite promising to take on corrupt elements in his office, Mnangagwa has failed to deliver on his promises with no single conviction so far on those alleged to be corrupt.
Just about a year ago I accused Asenso of being corrupt. Hon. Kennedy Agyapong is said to have also accused Uslar Owusu of being corrupt and alledged that people are charged huge sums of money before they are allowed to see the president.
There is no place in this world for corrupt dictators and lazy, corrupt legislatures.
To be able to salvage our country, we need a vibrant and non-corrupt police force devoid of intimidation and corrupt tendencies.
Common combinations with corrupt
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- corrupt and 30×
- the corrupt 27×
- corrupt practices 24×
- and corrupt 18×
- of corrupt 11×
- to corrupt 9×
- are corrupt 8×
- in corrupt 7×
- most corrupt 6×
- independent corrupt 6×