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• v  corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
• v  make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
• v  place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
• v  alter from the original
• s  containing errors or alterations
  spoke a corrupted version of the language
• s  ruined in character or quality

• The words locate him in a world of corrupted values, violence and boundless infantile indulgence.
• In a Puritan culture that viewed children as evil miniatures corrupted by original sin, Quakers treated them with respect, as Children of Light: no whips, no paddles, no coerced .
• But the scale of his success has not corrupted him into the hectoring piety of some green campaigners, and he has not sought the comforting "certainties" of religion (with .

• corrupt
• pervert
• subvert
• demoralize
• demoralise
• debauch
• debase
• profane
• vitiate
• deprave
• misdirect
• bribe
• buy
• grease one's palms
• defile
• sully
• taint
• cloud
• spoil
• debased
• vitiated

News & Articles

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• Letter: Government could use a multi-agency overhaul
  Amusing and ironic? Perhaps. Absolutely chilling and unbelievable? Without a doubt. The federal government corrupted by scandal upon scandal is crumbling to pieces under the “leadership” of an inept president.
  June 11, 2013 - The Buffalo News

Quotes

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• Patrick Leahy in Forbes
  Reacting to Monday's developments, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said that Gonzales' department had "suffered a severe crisis of leadership that allowed our justice system to be corrupted by political influence."
• David Cameron in Metro
  Mr Cameron said it was clear that Labour had been "in power too long" and had been "corrupted by power".
• Andrew Cuomo in Wall Street Journal
  For decades, the state pension fund has been weakened and corrupted by the sole trustee model,Mr. Cuomo said in a statement. "To put it simply -- the model doesn't work. It's about as senseless as having a single lock on Fort Knox."