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TinaMr Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Corrupt or corrupted

What's the difference between "corrupt" and "corrupted"? Are they completely interchangeable?
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TinaMr What's the difference between "corrupt" and "corrupted"? Corrupt is an adjective or verb: He is a corrupt policeman. She is too honest, you cannot corrupt her.

— AlpheccaStars

  • TinaMr What's the difference between "corrupt" and "corrupted"?
  • Corrupt is an adjective or verb: He is a corrupt policeman.
  • She is too honest, you cannot corrupt her.
  • " Use this in the passive or perfect verb forms.
  • The police in this town have been corrupted by the drug lords.
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TinaMrWhat's the difference between "corrupt" and "corrupted"?
Corrupt is an adjective or verb: He is a corrupt policeman.
She is too honest, you cannot corrupt her.

Corrupted is the past participle of the verb "corrupt." Use this in the passive or perfect verb forms.

The police in this town have been corrupted by the drug lords.
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Thank you AlpheccaStars for such a detailed explanation! Just one more question - is it correct to say: He's corrupted, I mean without adding "by ..."?
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TinaMris it correct to say: He's corrupted, I mean without adding "by ..."?
Yes.
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