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Definition: Corrupting |
CorruptingAdjective1. Seducing into corrupt practices. 2. Harmful to the mind or morals; "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence". 3. That infects or taints. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "corrupting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: CorruptingSynonyms: contaminating (adj), degrading (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inexpedience | Corrupting; (corrupt; ); virulent, venomous, envenomed, corrosive; poisonous; (morbific); deadly; (killing); destructive; (destroying); inauspicious. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Corrupting |
| English words defined with "corrupting": Debauchment, degrading, Depravation ♦ Leperous ♦ Seducement, spiritualise, spiritualize. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "corrupting": memory protection. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "corrupting": Corrupt. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Children | Mexico | Under a January 2000 law, anyone convicted of corrupting a minor under 16 years of age by introducing the minor to pornography, prostitution, or any sexual exploitation can be sentenced to 5 to 10 years' imprisonment. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Turkmenistan | When an Adventist pastor was detained in Turkmenabat in October 2000, one of the Government's formal charges against him was that he was corrupting minors because children of congregation members were present at the prayer service. (references) |
Worker Rights | France | Aiding, abetting, or protecting the prostitution of another person; obtaining a profit, sharing proceeds or receiving subsidies from someone engaged in prostitution; or employing, leading, corrupting, or pressuring someone into prostitution are punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to approximately $140,000 (1 million FF). Penalties increase to a maximum of 10 years in prison and approximately $1.4 million (10 million FF) if a minor or several persons are involved, or if force is used. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | If money is corrupting, it's always corrupting. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Corrupting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 72.73% of the time. "Corrupting" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 72.73% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 27.27% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Total | 100.00% | 55 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "corrupting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 腐败 (Corrupt, Corrupted, Corruption, Deprave, Depraved, Depraving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | verderbend (barbarizing, debauching, depraving, spoiling, tainting, vitiating, wracking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 타락시킴 (demoralising, Demoralizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orruptingcay stricãtor (bad, deleterious, harmful, naughty), otrãvitor (baneful, fatal, noisome, noxious, perverting, poisoner, poisonous, venomous). (various references) ayartıcı (beguiling, enticing, seductive, tempting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Daniel Chapter 11, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai dwsei to proswpon autou epelqein bia pan to ergon autou kai sunqhkaV met' autou poihsetai kai qugatera anqrwpou dwsei autw eiV to fqeirai authn kai ou peisetai kai ouk estai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ponet faciem suam ut veniat ad tenendum universum regnum eius et recta faciet cum eo et filiam feminarum dabit ei ut evertat illud et non stabit nec illius erit |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he shal putte his face, that he cum for to holde al the rewme of hym, and he shal do riyt thingus with hym. And he shal yeue to hym the douytre of wymmen, that she turne hym vpsadoun; and it shal not stonde, nether shal be his. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And it will be his purpose to come with the strength of all his kingdom, but in place of this he will make an agreement with him; and he will give him the daughter of women to send destruction on it; but this will not take place or come about. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Daniel Chapter 11, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Iyang ipatumong ang iyang nawong sa pagsulong uban ang kusog sa tibook niyang gingharian, ug ang kahimtang sa matarung nga mga salabutan diha kaniya; ug kini buhaton niya: ug iyang ihatag kaniya ang anak sa mga babaye, aron sa paglaglag kaniya: apan siya dili makadaug, ni mahamuot siya kaniya. |
| Croatian | Èvrsto odluèivši da se pošto-poto domogne svega njegova kraljevstva, sklopit æe s njim ugovor dajuæi mu jednu kæer za ženu da ga upropasti, ali mu neæe uspjeti, neæe se to zbiti. |
| Danish | Han oplægger Råd om at komme med hele sit Riges Styrke, men slutter Fred med ham og giver ham sin Datter til Ægte til Landets Ulykke; men det bliver ikke til noget og lykkes ikke for ham. |
| Dutch | En hij zal zijn aangezicht stellen, om met de kracht zijns gansen rijks te komen, en hij zal billijke voorwaarden medebrengen, en hij zal het doen; want hij zal hem een dochter der vrouwen geven, om haar te verderven, maar zij zal niet vast staan, en zij zal voor hem niet zijn. |
| Finnish | Ja nyt hän aikoo hyökätä valtakuntansa koko voimalla; mutta sopimus on hänellä mielessä, ja hän saa sen aikaan. Hän antaa hänelle yhden tyttäristään, tälle turmioksi. Mutta siitä ei tule pysyväistä eikä ole hänelle etua. |
| French | Il se proposera d`arriver avec toutes les forces de son royaume, et de conclure la paix avec le roi du midi; il lui donnera sa fille pour femme, dans l`intention d`amener sa ruine; mais cela n`aura pas lieu, et ne lui réussira pas. |
| German | Und wird sein Angesicht richten, daß er mit der Macht seines ganzen Königreichs komme. Aber er wird sich mit ihm vertragen und wird ihm seine Tochter zum Weibe geben, daß er ihn verderbe; aber es wird ihm nicht geraten und wird nichts daraus werden. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kemudian raja negeri utara akan menyiapkan seluruh tentaranya untuk menyerang negeri selatan. Lalu dengan maksud menguasai seluruh kerajaan musuhnya, ia akan membuat persetujuan dengan dia dan mengawinkan putrinya dengan raja Mesir itu; tetapi rencananya itu tidak akan berhasil. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah itu akan ditujukannya mukanya hendak menaklukkan kepadanya segala kuasa kerajaannya itu, dan iapun akan berpura-pura hendak berjanji akan menyampaikan maksudnya; dan diberikannya dia seorang anaknya akan isterinya hendak membinasakan dia, tetapi tiada ia akan tetap hati dan setiawan kepadanya. |
| Maori | Ka anga ano tona mata, ka mea kia haere mai ia i runga i te kaha o tona kingitanga katoa, me te hunga tika ano hei hoa mona; na ka mahi ia i tana e pai ai: ka homai ano e ia ki a ia te tamahine a nga wahine, hei takakino mana: otiia e kore tera e tu, e kore hoki e mahi mona. |
| Norwegian | Og han* skal ta sig fore å komme med hele sitt rikes makt**, men er villig til å inngå forlik, og det skal han også få i stand; og en kvinne, sin egen datter***, skal han gi ham, forat hun skal volde ødeleggelse; men det skal ikke komme i stand og ikke lykkes for ham. # <* Antiokus den store.> # <** imot Egyptens konge.> # <*** Kleopatra, datter av Antiokus.> |
| Rumanian | Kwi va pune de gknd sq ia kn stqpknire toatq kmpqrqyia lui, wi, fqckndu-se cq are gknduri curate cu el, ki va da pe fiicq-sa de nevastq, cu gknd sq -l piardq; dar lucrul acesta nu se va kntkmpla, wi nu -i va izbkndi. |
| Spanish | Luego se dispondrá para venir con el poder de todo su reino y hará convenios con aquél. Le dará una hija de las mujeres para destruirlo, pero no permanecerá ni tendrá resultado. |
| Swedish | Han skall rycka an med hela sitt rikes makt; dock är han hågad för förlikning, och en sådan skall han komma åstad. En av sina döttrar skall han giva åt honom till hustru, henne till fördärv. Men detta skall icke hava något bestånd och icke vara honom till gagn. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "corrupting" (pronounced keru"pting) |
| 6 | -er u" p t i ng | interrupting. |
| 5 | -u" p t i ng | disrupting, erupting. |
| 4 | -p t i ng | accepting, adapting, adopting, attempting, bankrupting, excepting, exempting, intercepting, opting, preempting, prompting, sculpting, tempting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-i-n-o-p-r-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: incorrupt, procuring. | |
-2 letters: courting, trouping. | |
-3 letters: corrupt, couping, curring, ingroup, outgrin, outring, porting, pouring, pouting, prurigo, purring, rouping, routing, ruction, touring, tricorn, trucing. | |
-4 letters: citron, coping, coring, cortin, coting, curing, inpour, irrupt, opting, outing, pignut, pigout, poring, rigour, roping, toping, trigon, tropic, tropin, truing, turgor, turnip, ungirt, upgirt, uptorn. | |
-5 letters: coign, corgi, cornu, count, court. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-i-n-o-p-r-r-t-u" | |
+4 letters: outreproducing. | |
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