Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The capability of being corrupted, in any sense of the word; corruptibleness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being corruptible; the possibility or liability of being corrupted; corruptibleness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
corruptible
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- noun the capability of being corrupted
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Examples
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Deledda's recurrent image of corruptibility is also found in "While the East Wind Blows," the short story published on this web site, in which the peasants harbor the futile dream of not being reduced to ashes, non essere ridotti in cenere.
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The revelations are deeply troubling – more so than the MPs' expenses scandal – because the corruptibility of journalists and senior police officers, as well politicians, is laid bare.
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Such dramas as "Prince of the City," "Q&A," "Night Falls on Manhattan" and "Serpico" looked at the hard lives and corruptibility of New York police officers.
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As we mature we become cynical because we discover the world's imperfections and human corruptibility.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: The Incorruptible: My Thoughts on the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Libertarians often make the case that the corruptibility of government largess by business interests is all the more reason to abandon it.
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As we mature we become cynical because we discover the world's imperfections and human corruptibility.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: The Incorruptible: My Thoughts on the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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As we mature we become cynical because we discover the world's imperfections and human corruptibility.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: The Incorruptible: My Thoughts on the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Doubtless the series will spark a rush of transsexuality-centred reality shows that, given the ready and infinite corruptibility of the form, will lose within a year all vestige of the charm of the original and become as mainstream, dreary and degrading to everyone concerned as its other reality brethren.
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As we mature we become cynical because we discover the world's imperfections and human corruptibility.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: The Incorruptible: My Thoughts on the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Apart from the corruptibility of the ballot box itself, if they have enough terrorist alerts they can keep us all away from them anyway.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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