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Definition of Corruptive
1. Adjective. Tending to corrupt or pervert.
Definition of Corruptive
1. a. Having the quality of tainting or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.
Definition of Corruptive
1. Adjective. Tending to corrupt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corruptive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corruptive
Literary usage of Corruptive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"Pecuniary amount being the same in both cases, a more effectually corruptive
dependence may be created by the fear of losing a beneficial situation already ..."
2. Two Treatises of Proclus, the Platonic Successor: The Former Consisting of by Proclus (1833)
"And that, indeed, which is corruptive of essence, at the same time dissipates
power and energy; but that which is corruptive of power, destroys also energy; ..."
3. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"... sinister and corruptive influence : influence of will on will, applied in a
pecuniary or other inviting shape to the official person's private interest. ..."
4. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1793)
"... but does not fay corruptive ; de- brings an fendant pleaded non débet and found
... want of the word corruptive; but all the court held that it being ..."
5. The Government of the City of New York: A Collection of Addresses and by Academy of Political Science (U.S.) (1915)
"It has been the task of Commissioner Davis to show that a department of correction
may be really correctional and not corruptive; and of Commissioner ..."
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