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.
Cor*rupt"ing*ly, adv. In a manner that corrupts.
Cor*rup"tion (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [F. corruption, L. corruptio.] 1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to "generation".
Bacon.