corruptive
adjective
cor·rup·tive
kə-ˈrəp-tiv 
: producing or tending to produce corruption
corruptively
adverb
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As Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, UConn’s Dan Hurley, St. John’s Rick Pitino and Duke’s Jon Scheyer arrived at the NCAA East Regional, they were asked to weigh un on everything from today’s youth, social media’s corruptive influences to a society gone soft and, of course, NIL and the transfer portal.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
The film noir tackles the corruptive tendencies of power, with Broderick Crawford as a populist politician who rises up as a Southern governor and wields dangerous influence.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
And then as with all of those artists that are beyond music but are actually cultural icons, all of the corruptive things come, and the body becomes corrupted.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
Even the bill’s own terms are problematic and corruptive of good medicine.
—The Editors, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
Because of Supreme Court precedent, the only lasting solution to the corruptive influence of money in politics is through a constitutional amendment.
—Andrew Byron and Donna M. Rozar, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Most of us are able to watch and enjoy Succession, after all, without assuming the show’s creators endorse corruptive capitalism.
—Smriti Mundhra, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2023
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
The film noir tackles the corruptive tendencies of power, with Broderick Crawford as a populist politician who rises up as a Southern governor and wields dangerous influence.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
And then as with all of those artists that are beyond music but are actually cultural icons, all of the corruptive things come, and the body becomes corrupted.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
Even the bill’s own terms are problematic and corruptive of good medicine.
—The Editors, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
Because of Supreme Court precedent, the only lasting solution to the corruptive influence of money in politics is through a constitutional amendment.
—Andrew Byron and Donna M. Rozar, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Most of us are able to watch and enjoy Succession, after all, without assuming the show’s creators endorse corruptive capitalism.
—Smriti Mundhra, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2023
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“Corruptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corruptive. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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