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
  • Not Arresting Trump | Opinion Instead of fostering violence or corrupt attempts at compromising the certification of election results, the post-election antics of the Republican party in North Carolina were quite peaceful.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The Emmy winner and Oscar nominee was among three dozen wealthy parents across the country who paid a corrupt college consultant tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their children fraudulently admitted to top schools by inflating test scores or fabricating athletic accomplishments.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024
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
  • But this flavor swaps dirty diesel for a clean and quiet electric drivetrain built around a 74-kWh battery pack for more than 90 miles (150 km) of hauling over all kinds of challenging terrain.
    Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The dirty secret is that students don't want to take courses in neo-Marxist nonsense.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of dirty
Adjective
  • The pardon was a political bombshell that Republicans have used to further President-elect Donald Trump's claims that the Justice Department has been weaponized against him and that the Biden family has been crooked for years.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Caravans of cars traveled from Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Virginia and Ohio to clinics here, loading up on pills and prescriptions from crooked doctors selling their prescription pads to anyone with so much as a hangnail.
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of crooked
Adjective
  • Moscow provided air, weapon and artillery support to the regime, as well as mercenary fighters. Iran, long an ally and sponsor of Assad and Syria as a key node in its Axis of Resistance, stepped up its military presence to protect its client and secure weapons flows and influence.
    Ian Pannell, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Her motive in accepting the offer is not solely mercenary.
    Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of mercenary
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