The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TAINTED which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1952.
Somewhat corrupt crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAINTED | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Somewhat corrupt
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dirty
- pinched
- seamy
- cool
- difficult
- fairly
- fast
- goodish
- hard
- imp
- light
- melancholy
Crossword Answer definitions
TAINTED verb- To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
- To spoil (food) by contamination.
- To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
- To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
- To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
- To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
- To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
- To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
- To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
- Corrupted or filled with imperfections.
- (of data) Originating from an untrusted source.
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