Corrupt
Corrupt adjective - Having or showing lowered moral character or standards.
Proper
Proper adjective - Following the established traditions of refined society and good taste.
Both words in one sentence
- Except, well, this is a subversion: he's only a maverick because he's acting like a proper police officer in a corrupt department.
Source: Cowboy Cop / Literature -
It would still be a proper Alcatraz, but is compromised by the guards being corrupt and/or dissatisfied with what is going on.
Source: The Alcatraz -
But Izual betrayed Heaven by filling in the Evils on how to corrupt the Soulstones and helped the Prime Evils mastermind their own exile into Sanctuary, setting up the events of the series proper.
Source: Video Game / Diablo II
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