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cor⋅rupt

  [kuh-ruhpt]
Use uncorrupt in a Sentence
–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

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.
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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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