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Corrupt means dishonest or deteriorated. (adjective)

An example of corrupt used as an adjective is a corrupt business which means a business that cheats customers.

Corrupt means to destroy someone's honesty or hurt someone's morals. (verb)

An example of to corrupt is for a person to expose his younger sibling to alcohol.

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See corrupt in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Obsolete changed from a sound condition to an unsound one; spoiled; contaminated; rotten
deteriorated from the normal or standard; specif.,
1. morally unsound or debased; perverted; evil; depraved
2. taking bribes; venal
3. containing alterations, errors, or admixtures of foreignisms: said of texts, languages, etc.

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make or become corrupt

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See corrupt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(kə-rŭptˈ)

adjective

Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
Venal; dishonest: a corrupt mayor.
Containing errors or alterations, as a text: a corrupt translation.
Archaic Tainted; putrid.

verb cor·rupt·ed, cor·rupt·ing, cor·rupts

verb, transitive

To destroy or subvert the honesty or integrity of.
To ruin morally; pervert.
To taint; contaminate.
To cause to become rotten; spoil.
To change the original form of (a text, for example).
Computer Science To damage (data) in a file or on a disk.

verb, intransitive

To become corrupt.

Related Forms:

cor·ruptˈer, cor·rupˈtor noun

cor·rupˈtive adjective

cor·ruptˈly adverb

cor·ruptˈness noun

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