Timeline for What's the verb to describe a good guy becoming a bad guy?
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| Jun 24, 2017 at 11:24 | comment | added | Eliot G York | UV - however, term should not be fell. "He used to be a good cop, but now he has fallen, mingling with the gangsta on the street. A sad thing." | |
| Jun 22, 2017 at 20:21 | comment | added | NKCampbell | along these same lines: "fall from grace" | |
| Jun 22, 2017 at 14:57 | history | edited | chux | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 22, 2017 at 6:23 | comment | added | RemarkLima | I'd suggest you say that he's fallen rather than fell / fall | |
| Jun 20, 2017 at 17:29 | comment | added | chux | @Noah True. As OP asked for a verb, "fall" with context does work well with "'fall from grace", "fall off the bandwagon", "fallen angel", Like other answers, break, go, move, something more than just a verb is needed. | |
| Jun 20, 2017 at 16:57 | comment | added | AffableAmbler | I think fall has too many meanings for it to be properly construed in this context, absent a qualifier. "He used to be a good cop but he fell," to me, makes it sounds like he was killed. | |
| Jun 20, 2017 at 16:35 | history | answered | chux | CC BY-SA 3.0 |