[f. CORRUPT v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb CORRUPT.

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1565–78.  Cooper, Thesaurus, Manus in iudicio abstinere … to refraine giving bribes, and corrupting of judges.

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a. 1626.  Bacon, New Atl. Without all corrupting.

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1677.  Hale, Prim. Orig. Man., II. xii. 244. By the gradual corruptings of the Traditions.

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