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cor⋅rupt
[kuh-ruhpt] 
–adjective
| 1. | guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge. |
| 2. | debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil: a corrupt society. |
| 3. | made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text. |
| 4. | infected; tainted. |
| 5. | decayed; putrid. |
–verb (used with object)
| 6. | to destroy the integrity of; cause to be dishonest, disloyal, etc., esp. by bribery. |
| 7. | to lower morally; pervert: to corrupt youth. |
| 8. | to alter (a language, text, etc.) for the worse; debase. |
| 9. | to mar; spoil. |
| 10. | to infect; taint. |
| 11. | to make putrid or putrescent. |
| 12. | English Law. to subject (an attainted person) to corruption of blood. |
–verb (used without object)
| 13. | to become corrupt. |
Origin:
1250–1300; ME (< AF) < L corruptus broken in pieces, corrupted (ptp. of corrumpere), equiv. to cor- cor- + rup- (var. s. of rumpere to break) + -tus ptp. suffix
1250–1300; ME (< AF) < L corruptus broken in pieces, corrupted (ptp. of corrumpere), equiv. to cor- cor- + rup- (var. s. of rumpere to break) + -tus ptp. suffix
Related forms:
cor⋅rupt⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
cor⋅rupt⋅ed⋅ness, noun
cor⋅rupt⋅er, cor⋅rup⋅tor, noun
cor⋅rup⋅tive, adjective
cor⋅rup⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
cor⋅rupt⋅ly, adverb
cor⋅rupt⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. false, untrustworthy. Corrupt, dishonest, venal apply to one, esp. in public office, who acts on mercenary motives, without regard to honor, right, or justice. A corrupt politician is one originally honest who has succumbed to temptation and begun questionable practices. A dishonest politician is one lacking native integrity. A venal politician is one so totally debased as to sell patronage. 3, 4. contaminated. 4, 5. putrescent, rotten, spoiled. 6. demoralize, bribe. 7. debase, vitiate. 10. contaminate, pollute, spoil, defile. 11. putrefy.
1. false, untrustworthy. Corrupt, dishonest, venal apply to one, esp. in public office, who acts on mercenary motives, without regard to honor, right, or justice. A corrupt politician is one originally honest who has succumbed to temptation and begun questionable practices. A dishonest politician is one lacking native integrity. A venal politician is one so totally debased as to sell patronage. 3, 4. contaminated. 4, 5. putrescent, rotten, spoiled. 6. demoralize, bribe. 7. debase, vitiate. 10. contaminate, pollute, spoil, defile. 11. putrefy.
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| cor·rupt (kə-rŭpt') adj.
v. tr.
To become corrupt. [Middle English, from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere, to destroy : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots.] cor·rupt'er, cor·rup'tor n., cor·rup'tive adj., cor·rupt'ly adv., cor·rupt'ness n. Synonyms: These verbs mean to ruin utterly in character or quality: was corrupted by limitless power; debased himself by pleading with the captors; a youth debauched by drugs and drink; indulgence that depraves the moral fiber; perverted her talent by putting it to evil purposes; a proof vitiated by a serious omission. |
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Corrupt
Cor*rupt`\ (k?r-r?pt"), a. [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them. --Knolles. 2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges. At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you. --Shak. 3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.Corrupt
Cor*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Corrupting.]1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile. Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1. Cor. xv. 33. 3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe. Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. --Shak. 4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text. He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. --Locke. 5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. --Matt. vi. 19.Corrupt
Cor*rupt"\ (k?r-r?pt"), v. i. 1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. --Bacon. 2. To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.
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Language Translation for : corrupt
Spanish:
corromper,
German:
verderben,
Japanese:
堕落させる
corrupt
c.1300, from L. corruptus, pp. of corrumpere "to destroy, spoil, bribe," from com- intens. prefix + rup-, pp. stem of rumpere "to break" (see rupture).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1cor·rupt
Pronunciation: k&-'r&pt
Function: adjective
: having an unlawful or evil motive; especially : characterized by improper and usually unlawful conduct intended to secure a benefit for oneself or another (as by taking or giving bribes) —cor·rupt·ly adjective —cor·rupt·ness noun
Main Entry: 2corrupt
Function: transitive verb
1 : to change from good to bad in principles or moral values <corrupting a minor>
2 : to subject (a person) to corruption of blood —cor·rup·ti·bil·i·ty /k&-"r&p-t&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun —cor·rup·ti·ble /k&-'r&p-t&-b&l/ adjective —cor·rup·ti·bly adverb —cor·rup·tion /k&-'r&p-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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