Definitions for: Corruptible


[adj] capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"



Webster (1913) Definition: Cor*rupt"i*ble (k?r-r?p"t?-b'l), a. [L.
corruptibilis: cf. F. corruptible.]
1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. ``Our
corruptible bodies.'' --Hooker.

Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as
silver and gold. --1 Pet. i.
18.

2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated;
susceptible of depravation.

They systematically corrupt very corruptible race.
--Burke.
-- Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness, n. -- Cor*rupt"i*bly, adv.


Cor*rupt"i*ble, n.
That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic]
--1 Cor. xv. 53.

Synonyms: bribable, corrupt, dishonest, purchasable, venal

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