'Corrupting' definitions:

Definition of 'corrupting'

From: WordNet
adjective
Seducing into corrupt practices
adjective
Harmful to the mind or morals; "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence" [syn: corrupting, degrading]
adjective
That infects or taints [syn: corrupting, contaminating]

Definition of 'Corrupting'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile. [1913 Webster]
  • Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1. Cor. xv. 33. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe. [1913 Webster]
  • Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text. [1913 Webster]
  • He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. [1913 Webster]
  • Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. --Matt. vi. 19. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'corrupting'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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