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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•rupt /kəˈrʌpt/USA pronunciation adj. - Lawguilty of dishonest practices:a corrupt judge.
- Lawimmoral;
depraved:corrupt sexual practices; a corrupt society. - made inferior or unusable by errors or damage, such as a text:The electronic file was corrupt.
v. [~ + object] - to cause to be ruined;
pervert:to corrupt youth. - to infect;
taint:Columbus was accused of corrupting Indian cultures.
cor•rupt•er, cor•rup•tor, n. [countable]cor•rupt•i•ble, adj. cor•rupt•ly, adv. cor•rupt•ness, n. [uncountable]See -rupt-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•rupt (kə rupt′),USA pronunciation adj. - Lawguilty of dishonest practices, as bribery;
lacking integrity;
crooked:a corrupt judge. - Lawdebased in character;
depraved;
perverted;
wicked;
evil:a corrupt society. - made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text.
- infected;
tainted. - decayed;
putrid.
v.t. - to destroy the integrity of;
cause to be dishonest, disloyal, etc., esp. by bribery. - to lower morally;
pervert:to corrupt youth. - to alter (a language, text, etc.) for the worse;
debase. - to mar;
spoil. - to infect;
taint. - to make putrid or putrescent.
- [Eng. Law.]to subject (an attainted person) to corruption of blood.
v.i. - to become corrupt.
- 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
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English (1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.See corresponding entry in Unabridged contaminated.
- 4, 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged putrescent, rotten, spoiled.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged demoralize, bribe.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged debase, vitiate.
- 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged contaminate, pollute, spoil, defile.
- 11.See corresponding entry in Unabridged putrefy.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: corrupt /kəˈrʌpt/ adj - lacking in integrity; open to or involving bribery or other dishonest practices: a corrupt official, corrupt practices in an election
- morally depraved
- putrid or rotten
- (of a text or manuscript) made meaningless or different in meaning from the original by scribal errors or alterations
- (of computer programs or data) containing errors
vb - to become or cause to become dishonest or disloyal
- to debase or become debased morally; deprave
- (transitive) to infect or contaminate; taint
- (transitive) to cause to become rotten
- (transitive) to alter (a text, manuscript, etc) from the original
- (transitive) to introduce errors into (data or a program)
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin corruptus spoiled, from corrumpere to ruin, literally: break to pieces, from rumpere to breakcorˈrupter, corˈruptor n corˈruptly adv corˈruptness n |