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 Synonyms for corruptible
  1. corrupt
  2. venal
  3. dirty
  4. crooked
  5. mercenary
Adjective
  • The essential modern text is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the 2010 Supreme Court decision that equates money with speech, resulting in an ever more corrupt system of campaign finance.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The cases also highlighted a broken system of police discipline that allegedly protected corrupt officers and punished those who tried to expose the corruption.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of corrupt
Adjective
  • Goldblum also starred as the Grandmaster in Thor: Ragnarok, another ruler whose venal pursuit of power is only matched by his own stupidity.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The wager at the root of the story is designed to reflect the venal hollowness of the upper class.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of venal
Adjective
  • This set also comes with a shoe bag that has two compartments and can double as a laundry bag for dirty clothes during your trip.
    Rachel Trujillo, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The door to the laundry room is made of textured glass, so dirty clothes are hidden, but light continues to flow into the apartment.
    Katharina Schwarze, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of dirty
Adjective
  • And though a second, thick stucco layer with bits of cork was an insulation novelty imported from Italy, its properties meant that the walls could remain authentically crooked.
    Julie Lasky, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • What he’s actually done is fake his death to create a template for a new life by stealing $90 million from a client of his crooked law firm.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of crooked
Adjective
  • Some carried the black flag of the mercenary Wagner Group, notorious for its brutality in Ukraine and Africa.
    Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Here, Isaac plays a man with dissociative identity disorder, giving us not one but three distinct characters: mercenary Mark Spector, British gift shop employee Steven Grant, and the mysterious—and seemingly ominous—Jake Lockley.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of mercenary
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