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Adjective: corrupt (corrupter,corruptest)  ku'rúpt
  1. 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]
     
  2. Lacking in integrity
    "humanity they knew to be corrupt … from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
     
  3. Containing errors or alterations
    "a corrupt text";
    - corrupted
     
  4. [archaic] Touched by rot or decay
    "corrupt bacon";
    - tainted
Verb: corrupt  ku'rúpt
  1. Alter from the original to become worse or broken
    "The file was corrupted during transfer";
    - spoil
     
  2. Make illegal payments to in exchange for favours or influence
    "This judge can be corrupted";
    - bribe, buy, grease the palm of
     
  3. 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
     
  4. 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

Antonym: incorrupt, square

Encyclopedia: Corrupt