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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., especially 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.
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verb (used without object)
13.
to become corrupt.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin corruptus broken in pieces, corrupted (past participle of corrumpere), equivalent to cor- cor- + rup- (variant stem of rumpere to break) + -tus past participle suffix
1250–1300; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin corruptus broken in pieces, corrupted (past participle of corrumpere), equivalent to cor- cor- + rup- (variant stem of rumpere to break) + -tus past participle 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
non·cor·rupt, adjective
non·cor·rupt·ly, adverb
non·cor·rupt·ness, noun
non·cor·rupt·er, noun
non·cor·rup·tive, adjective
o·ver·cor·rupt, verb, adjective
o·ver·cor·rupt·ly, adverb
pre·cor·rupt, verb (used with object)
pre·cor·rupt·ly, adverb
pre·cor·rupt·ness, noun
pre·cor·rup·tive, adjective
un·cor·rupt, adjective
un·cor·rupt·ly, adverb
un·cor·rupt·ness, noun
un·cor·rupt·ed, adjective
un·cor·rupt·ed·ly, adverb
un·cor·rupt·ed·ness, noun
un·cor·rupt·ing, adjective
un·cor·rup·tive, adjective
Synonyms
1. false, untrustworthy. Corrupt, dishonest, venal apply to one, especially 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, especially 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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| —adj | |
| 1. | lacking in integrity; open to or involving bribery or other dishonest practices: a corrupt official; corrupt practices in an election |
| 2. | morally depraved |
| 3. | putrid or rotten |
| 4. | contaminated; unclean |
| 5. | (of a text or manuscript) made meaningless or different in meaning from the original by scribal errors or alterations |
| 6. | (of computer programs or data) containing errors |
| —vb | |
| 7. | to become or cause to become dishonest or disloyal |
| 8. | to debase or become debased morally; deprave |
| 9. | (tr) to infect or contaminate; taint |
| 10. | (tr) to cause to become rotten |
| 11. | (tr) to alter (a text, manuscript, etc) from the original |
| 12. | (tr) computing to introduce errors into (data or a program) |
| [C14: from Latin corruptus spoiled, from corrumpere to ruin, literally: break to pieces, from rumpere to break] | |
| cor'rupter | |
| —n | |
| cor'ruptor | |
| —n | |
| cor'ruptive | |
| —adj | |
| cor'ruptively | |
| —adv | |
| cor'ruptly | |
| —adv | |
| cor'ruptness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
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).
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