corruptible Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite capable of being corrupted
    bribable; purchasable; venal; dishonest.
    • corruptible judges
    • dishonest politicians
    • a purchasable senator
    • a venal police officer

WordNet


Cor*rupt"i*ble adjective
Etymology
L. corruptibilis: cf. F. corruptible.
Definitions
  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 noun
Definitions
  1. That which may decay and perish; the human body. Archaic 1 Cor. xv. 53.

Webster 1913