Corrupting Meaning in English

word · lemma: corrupt

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التعريف

Causing someone or something to become dishonest, immoral, or no longer pure. It can refer to people, systems, or values being made bad or impure.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Often used in formal, academic, or moral discussions. Common collocations: 'corrupting influence', 'corrupting power'. Can describe both literal (e.g. money corrupting officials) and metaphorical (media corrupting youth) situations.

• Spanish: corrompiendo
• Portuguese (BR): corrompendo
• Portuguese (PT): corrompendo
• Chinese (Simplified): 腐蚀（使道德败坏） - 腐败（使变坏）
• Chinese (Traditional): 腐蝕（使道德敗壞） - 腐敗（使變壞）
• Hindi: भ्रष्ट कर रहा है
• Arabic: يفسد
• Bengali: দূষিত করছে - বিকৃত করছে
• Russian: развращающий - развращающий (морально) - коррупционный (перен.)
• Japanese: 堕落させる - 腐敗させる
• Vietnamese: làm sa ngã - làm tha hoá
• Korean: 타락시키는 - 부패시키는
• Turkish: yozlaştıran - bozucu
• Urdu: بگاڑنے والا - خراب کرنے والا
• Indonesian: merusak - mengkorupsi

جمل نموذجية

Some people think violent video games are corrupting children.

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Power can be corrupting if people are not careful.

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He worries that bad friends are corrupting his son.

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Many warned that too much money was corrupting the system.

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Social media has a reputation for corrupting public debate.

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There's something corrupting about unlimited power—it changes people.

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