I. verb
1.
Synonyms: debase 1, animalize, bastardize, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, stain, vitiate, warp
Related Word: abase, degrade; ruin, wreck
Contrasted words: amend, correct, reform
2.
Synonyms: decay , break down, crumble, decompose, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, rot, spoil, taint, turn
Related Word: befoul, defile, foul; smirch, tarnish
II. adjective
1.
Synonyms: vicious 2, degenerate, depraved, flagitious, infamous, miscreant, nefarious, perverse, rotten, villainous
Related Word: crooked, devious, oblique; baneful, deleterious, detrimental, noxious, pernicious; abased, degraded, low
2.
seeking sordid advantage with little regard to moral or legal bars
a corrupt politician
Synonyms: mercenary, praetorian, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous, venal; compare crooked 2, venal 1
Related Word: undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy; faithless, inconstant, unfaithful; double-dealing, perfidious, treacherous, two-faced; bribable, corruptible; blackguardly, knavish, reprobate
Contrasted words: ethical, principled, scrupulous, upright; dependable, reliable, trustworthy, trusty
3.
Synonyms: crooked 2, dishonest, snide