Adjective: corrupt (corrupter,corruptest) ku'rúpt
- Tending to act dishonestly in exchange for money or other personal gain
"The corrupt official abused his power for personal gain";
- crooked [informal], bent [Brit, informal]
- Lacking in integrity
"humanity they knew to be corrupt … from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
- Containing errors or alterations
"a corrupt text";
- corrupted
- [archaic] Touched by rot or decay
"corrupt bacon";
- tainted
- Alter from the original to become worse or broken
"The file was corrupted during transfer";
- spoil
- Make illegal payments to in exchange for favours or influence
"This judge can be corrupted";
- bribe, buy, grease the palm of
- Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
"Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "corrupt the morals";
- pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise [Brit], debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
- Degrade through harmful influence
"Social media disinformation can corrupt public discourse";
- contaminate
Derived forms: corrupter, corrupted, corruptest, corrupting, corrupts
See also: bribable, corrupted, corruptible, corruption, corruptness, debased, depraved, dirty, dishonest, dishonorable [US], dishonourable [Brit, Cdn], gimcrack, honestness, honesty, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, imperfect, outlaw, outlawed, perverse, perverted, Praetorian, Pretorian, purchasable, putrid, reprobate, shoddy, sneaky, sold-out, sordid, stale, underhand, underhanded, unlawful, venal, vitiated
Type of: alter, change, modify, pay
Encyclopedia: Corrupt