Corrupting

corrupting
    adj 1: seducing into corrupt practices
    2: harmful to the mind or morals; "corrupt judges and their
       corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of
       violence" [syn: {corrupting}, {degrading}]
    3: that infects or taints [syn: {corrupting}, {contaminating}]
    

Corrupt \Cor*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrupted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Corrupting}.]
   1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to
      make putrid; to putrefy.
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   2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to
      pervert; to debase; to defile.
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            Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1. Cor.
                                                  xv. 33.
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   3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to
      corrupt a judge by a bribe.
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            Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge
            That no king can corrupt.             --Shak.
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   4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations;
      to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred
      text.
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            He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he
            does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . .
            yet he stops the pines.               --Locke.
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   5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
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            Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,
            where moth and rust doth corrupt.     --Matt. vi.
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38 Moby Thesaurus words for "corrupting":
      baleful, baneful, corroding, corrosive, corruptive,
      counterproductive, damaging, deadly, deleterious, detrimental,
      disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, eroding, erosive,
      harmful, hurtful, injurious, lethal, malefic, malevolent, malign,
      malignant, mischievous, noisome, noxious, ominous, pernicious,
      poisonous, prejudicial, scatheful, toxic, venenate, veneniferous,
      venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent