| Main Entry: | praetorian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, abased, baneful, boorish, degenerate, degraded, deleterious, depraved, dishonored, dissolute, evil, flagitious, infamous, loose, low, mercenary, miscreant, monstrous*, nefarious, perverse, profligate, rotten, venal, villainous |
| Main Entry: | bodyguard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protector |
Synonyms: |
bouncer, escort, guardian, minder, muscle*, praetorian, security guard |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest |
Synonyms: |
base, bent, bribable, crooked, debauched, double-dealing, exploiting, extortionate, faithless, fast and loose, fixed, foul, fraudulent, gone to the dogs, inconstant, iniquitous, knavish, mercenary, nefarious, on the take, open, padded, perfidious, praetorian, profiteering, racket up, reprobate, rotten, shady, snide, suborned, tainted, treacherous, two-faced, underhanded, unethical, unfaithful, unprincipled, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, venal, wide open |
Antonyms: |
decent, honest, honorable, principled, pure, trustworthy, truthful, uncorrupt, upright |
| Main Entry: | diehard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overenthusiastic person |
Synonyms: |
Bourbon, Tory, bitter ender, dyed-in-the-wool, extremist, fanatic, fogy, fundamentalist, intransigent, mossback, old liner, praetorian, pullback, reactionary, right, right-winger, rightist, standpat, standpatter, stick-in-the-mud, true blue, ultraconservative, zealot |
| Main Entry: | unprincipled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, amoral, bent*, cheating, conscienceless, crooked, deceitful, devious, dirty-dealing, dishonest, dissolute, double-crossing, double-dealing, immoral, licentious, mercentary, praetorian, profligate, reprobate, shady, sly, stop-at-nothing, tricky, two-faced, two-timing, unconscionable, underhand, unethical, unprofessional, unscrupulous, venal, wanton |
Antonyms: |
ethical, moral, principled |