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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] |