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be rotten to the core

if a person or an organization is rotten to the core, it behaves in a way that is not honest or moral. The whole legal system is rotten to the core.

See also: rotten

to the core

in every part. He's convinced that the army is rotten to the core. I'd never heard anything like it. I was shocked to the core. (= extremely shocked)

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to the core

completely or totally. A showman to the core, Chuck arrived at my party wearing a white headdress and a long purple cape.

Usage notes: often used in the form rotten to the core totally bad or evil: That kid is rotten to the core.