The Collaborative International Dictionary
Compromise \Com"pro*mise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compromised; p. pr. & vb. n. Compromising.] [From Compromise, n.; cf. Compromit.]
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To bind by mutual agreement; to agree. [Obs.]
Laban and himself were compromised That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied Should fall as Jacob's hire.
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To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
The controversy may easily be compromised.
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To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances.
--Motley.
Wiktionary
Having been compromised. v
(en-past of: compromise)
Wikipedia
Compromised ( 1931) is an all-talking pre-code drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by John G. Adolfi. The movie stars Rose Hobart, Ben Lyon, Claude Gillingwater and Florence Britton. It was based on a play by Edith Fitzgerald.
Usage examples of "compromised".
If we were compromised, did we tab it all the way south or did we move northwest?
I knew that among other tasks Legs would make sure we had spare antennas for the patrol radio, so that if we were compromised when the antenna was out we could just leave it out and move.
If somebody was in a position to be hit with a claymore, we were in a position to be compromised, so it was down to the sentry whether or not he pushed the clackers.
We reassured ourselves that we could only be compromised from the opposite lip, and even then only if someone was literally standing on it, looking down.
We couldnt be compromised unless we could see the person on the other side of the lip.
The balance was between breaking SOPs and therefore being compromised, and getting into such a bad condition that we would just die anyway.
If wed started to head northwest this side of the road, the chances were that wed be compromised because of the movement we had seen during the day.
If we were compromised, action could be taken quicker because the troops were there on the ground.
My watch was around my neck on cord so that I couldnt be compromised by the luminous glow and it wouldnt catch on anything as I patrolled.
As far as they were concerned, we were part of the eight-man team that they compromised on the MSR.
We were unlucky not to have them when we got compromised, obviously, but we were lucky now because vehicles might have linked us to the Regiment.
As we discovered from our interrogators, the infil Chinook had been compromised when it landed, so it was just as well another wasnt sent for the RV.
We couldn't be compromised unless we could see the person on the other side of the lip.
If we'd started to head northwest this side of the road, the chances were that we'd be compromised because of the movement we had seen during the day.
My watch was around my neck on cord so that I couldn't be compromised by the luminous glow and it wouldn't catch on anything as I patrolled.