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adjective | verb corruptcorrupt1 /kəˈrʌpt/ ●●○ adjective ETYMOLOGYcorrupt1Origin: 1300-1400 Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere, from com- + rumpere to break THESAURUSmorally wrong► bad morally wrong or evil: You had to tell him the truth. That doesn’t make you a bad person. ► improper formal improper behavior is not morally right, not appropriate, or not socially acceptable: The police chief had to resign after several instances of improper conduct were reported. ► immoral/wrong not morally right. Wrong is less formal than immoral: I think it is immoral to test beauty products on animals. ► corrupt not morally right or honest. You use corrupt about people who use their personal power in order to get an advantage or money: Corrupt judges have taken millions of dollars in bribes. ► evil/wicked deliberately very bad and very cruel to other people: He was an evil man who felt no sympathy for his victims. ► reprehensible formal reprehensible behavior is very bad and deserves criticism: Leaving the scene of a car accident is a morally reprehensible act. 1using personal power in a dishonest or illegal way in order to get an advantage or money: Corrupt judges have taken millions of dollars in bribes.► see thesaurus at bad12very bad morally: a corrupt society corrupt practices3computers corrupt computer software, equipment, or information is damaged: a corrupt file [Origin: 1300–1400 Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere, from com- + rumpere to break]—corruptly adverb—corruptness noun [uncountable] → see also incorruptible adjective | verb corruptcorrupt2 ●○○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcorrupt |
Present | I, you, we, they | corrupt | | he, she, it | corrupts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | corrupted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have corrupted | | he, she, it | has corrupted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had corrupted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will corrupt | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have corrupted |
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Present | I | am corrupting | | he, she, it | is corrupting | | you, we, they | are corrupting | Past | I, he, she, it | was corrupting | | you, we, they | were corrupting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been corrupting | | he, she, it | has been corrupting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been corrupting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be corrupting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been corrupting |
1to encourage someone to start behaving in an immoral or dishonest way: Young prisoners are being corrupted by older long-term offenders.2to change the traditional form of something, such as a language, so that it becomes worse than it was: The culture has been corrupted by Western influences.3computers to change the information in a computer so that the computer does not work correctly anymore: The virus corrupts the data on your hard drive.—corruptible adjective—corruptibility /kəˌrʌptəˈbɪlət̮i/ noun [uncountable] |