corruptible

adjective

Definition of corruptiblenext
as in corrupt
open to improper influence and especially bribery there's a rumor that that judge is eminently corruptible

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Recent Examples of corruptible Trump has tried to curtail mail-in voting by arguing the ballots easily corruptible, despite casting a ballot by mail himself in March. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026 Beef’s whole thing is finding the weak, corruptible center of all its characters, and Isaac jumps into that project with enthusiasm. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 May 2026 From fragmented records to corruptible datasets and the general noise across social media, agentic systems are facing a trust and truth crisis at the most fundamental level. — Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Iran prefers weak allies over strong ones, and corrupt and corruptible governments over ones that respond to their citizens’ needs. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corruptible
  1. corrupt
  2. corrupted
  3. venal
  4. dirty
  5. crooked
  6. mercenary
  7. purchasable
Adjective
  • The national Democratic effort to defeat Collins kept going; now the party is spending millions on an ad hitting her for a ProPublica story about her links to a corrupt defense contractor.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • For many voters, this view of Lula as corrupt is wrapped up with criticism of his economic policies and of the strong welfare state that the former union leader has come to embody.
    — Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of corrupt
Adjective
  • But the point was just that Nick’s character is emulating Sheridan’s poisonous corrupted values, and the internet is a vehicle for that relationship.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Sponsors are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete or technically corrupted entries.
    — Sponsored content, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of corrupted
Adjective
  • By the time a 24-hour stream of distractions became available via smartphone, every member of the reading public was primed to lean into their most venal interests.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • There is an unmistakable feeling that a great mass of fans are priced out, or fenced out, while wealthy sponsors and venal bureaucrats get the benefits.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 13 June 2026
Definition of venal
Adjective
  • At first the owner stared at him blankly, then flashed a look of distaste, as if a dirty rodent had brushed his foot.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Stephens and several teammates then appeared to taunt the Oregon players and celebrate the dirty play rather than show concern for a fellow college athlete who was lying motionless on the field.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of dirty
Adjective
  • For now, the crooked finger stays, and so does the jumper that comes with it.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In 2025, romance scammers bilked ordinary men and women out of over a billion dollars using a variety of crooked tactics.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of crooked
Adjective
  • While his associate scans microfiche, Reacher gives the first of many, many, many unnamed mercenary characters the ol’ Giles Corey special.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Its leader, Sergei Mironov, 73, once gained headlines by posing with a symbol of brutality — a sledgehammer given to him by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the late Wagner mercenary leader shortly before his failed 2023 mutiny.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of mercenary
Adjective
  • The problem, according to Foster West, is when farmers are renting because they have been outbid on purchasable land and have no choice but to be a tenant.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than pricing everything, operators increasingly label what is complimentary—a bottle of wine, a tote bag, a welcome gift—while keeping purchasable items available through in-room guides or discreet notes.
    — Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of purchasable

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“Corruptible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corruptible. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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