That strange person, Cuthbert Grandison-or, as he was generally termed, Cubby Grindstane, by the corruptive ingenuity of his neighbours-occupied a small mud cottage near the centre of the village we have mentioned.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
If the Euphrates be intended the story is hardly one of fact, but rather a vivid parable of the saturation of the national life by heathen, corruptive influences from Mesopotamia.
"Jeremiah"
George Adam Smith
Your letter must be one of three kinds: pleading, peremptory, or corruptive.
"Mr. Punch in Bohemia"
Various