corrupt
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corrupt
- /kəˈɹʌpt/
Rhymes with -ʌpt
Where it comes from
From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”).
adjective more corrupt · most corrupt · corrumpt · corrump · corroupt
- Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
- In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals. The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
- Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state. The text of the manuscript is corrupt.
- In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. with such corrupt and pestilent bread to feed them.
Similar: corrupted
verb corrupts · corrupting · corrupted · corrumpt · corrump
- To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert. Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!
- To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot. he entrails, which are the parts aptest to corrupt
- To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state. Unplugging a flash drive without dismounting it first can corrupt the data stored on the drive.
- To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify. to corrupt language, or a holy text
- To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt.
