Main Entry: corrupt
Part of Speech: adjective 1
Definition: dishonest
Synonyms: base, bent, bribable, crooked, debauched, double-dealing, exploiting, extortionate, faithless, fixed, foul, fraudulent, inconstant, iniquitous, knavish, mercenary, nefarious, open, padded*, perfidious, praetorian, profiteering, racket up*, reprobate, rotten, shady, snide, tainted, treacherous, two-faced, underhanded, unethical, unfaithful, unprincipled, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, venal
Antonyms: decent, ethical, honest, honorable, moral, principled, scrupulous, trustworthy, truthful, uncorrupt
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.2.1)
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* = informal or slang
Main Entry: corrupt
Part of Speech: adjective 2
Definition: vicious
Synonyms: abandoned, abased, baneful, boarish, degenerate, degraded, deleterious, depraved, dishonored, dissolute, evil, flagitious, infamous, loose, low, miscreant, monstrous, nefarious, perverse, profligate, rotten, villainous
Antonyms: kind, moral, noble, wholesome
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.2.1)
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Main Entry: corrupt
Part of Speech: adjective 3
Definition: polluted
Synonyms: adulterated, altered, contaminated, decayed, defiled, distorted, doctored, falsified, foul, infected, noxious, putrescent, putrid, rotten, tainted
Antonyms: clean, pure, purified, sound, unaltered
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Main Entry: corrupt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pollute
Synonyms: abase, abuse, adulterate, animalize, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, harm, hurt, ill-treat, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp
Antonyms: chasten, cleanse, dignify, purify
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.2.1)
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Main Entry: abandoned
Part of Speech: adjective 2
Definition: bad
Synonyms: amoral, corrupt, depraved, dissolute, evil, immoral, incontinent, incorrigible, lewd, licentious, loose, profligate, shameless, sinful, uncontrolled, uninhibited, unprincipled, unreserved, unrestrained, wanton, wicked, wild
Antonyms: chaste, innocent, moral, principled, pure, reserved, restrained, seemly, upright, virtuous
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.2.1)
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Main Entry: abuse
Part of Speech: verb 1
Definition: injure
Synonyms: corrupt, cut up*, damage, defile, deprave, desecrate, harm, hose*, hump, ill-treat, impair, maltreat, manhandle, mar, mess up*, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pollute*, rough up, roughhouse, ruin, shake up*, spoil, taint, total*, victimize, violate, wax*
Antonyms: cherish, coddle, defend, dote on, help, nurture, pamper, preserve, protect, respect
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.2.1)
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* = informal or slang
Main Entry: adulterate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dirty
Synonyms: attenuated, blended, contaminated, corrupt, defiled, degraded, depreciated, deteriorated, devalued, diluted, dissolved, impaired, mixed, polluted, tainted, thinned, vitiated, watered down, weakened
Antonyms: clean, moral, virtuous
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.2.1)
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Main Entry: adulterate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: debase
Synonyms: alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, defile, degrade, denature, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor*, doctor up*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, intermix, lace*, make impure, minge, mix, needle, phony up*, plant*, pollute, shave*, spike*, taint, thin, transfuse, vitiate, water, water down*, weaken
Antonyms: baptize, clarify, clean, cleanse, concentrate, filter, purify, refine
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.2.1)
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Main Entry: bad
Part of Speech: adjective 3
Definition: immoral
Synonyms: base, corrupt, criminal, delinquent, evil, iniquitous, mean, reprobate, sinful, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong
Antonyms: good, honest, just, moral, reputable, virtuous
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.2.1)
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Main Entry: bad egg
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bad person
Synonyms: black sheep, corrupt person, evildoer, miscreant, reprobate, sorry lot, untrustworthy person, worthless person, wrongdoer, wrong number, wrongo
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.2.1)
>>>>>i've given you some definition of corrupt, so it is depend on you to choose which you think suitable for your assignment.
>>>>>based on the definition, try to find some situation that suit to your assignment as an example.
>>>>>you should do some research before completing your assignment.
>>>>>do not just rely to the answer that other people gave to you without doing a research...
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