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Corruptible   /kərˈəptɪbəl/   Listen
Corruptible

adjective
1.
Capable of being corrupted.  Synonyms: bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venal.  "Dishonest politicians" , "A purchasable senator" , "A venal police officer"






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"Corruptible" Quotes from Famous Books



... What is good for the public should be recommended by the critics. It should be. How then to come at them to, get it done? As he was not a member of the honourable literary craft, and regarded its arcana altogether externally, it may be confessed of him that he deemed the Incorruptible corruptible;—not, of course, with filthy coin slid into sticky palms. Critics are human, and exceedingly, beyond the common lot, when touched; and they are excited by mysterious hints of loftiness in authorship; by rumours of veiled loveliness; whispers, of a general anticipation; ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith



Words linked to "Corruptible" :   corruptibility, corrupt



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