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corrupt Definition

cor·rupt (kə rupt′)

adjective

  1. Obsolete changed from a sound condition to an unsound one; spoiled; contaminated; rotten
  2. 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.

Etymology: ME < L corruptus, pp. of corrumpere, to destroy, spoil, bribe < com-, together + rumpere, to break: see rupture

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make or become corrupt

corrupt Related Forms

cor·rupt′er noun or cor·rup′·tor cor·rupt′ly adverb cor·rupt′·ness noun

corrupt Synonyms

corrupt

modif.

  1. Characterized by graft

    dishonest, crooked, underhanded, venal, mercenary, fraudulent, unscrupulous, profiteering, extortionate, taking bribes, bribable, unethical, shady*, on the pad*, on the take*, fixed*, bought*, crooked as a dog's hind leg*; see also dishonest 1, 2.

  2. Depraved

    low, debased, evil, nefarious; see wicked 1.

  3. Inaccurate

    fallacious, misleading, contaminated, defective; see unreliable 2, wrong 2.

corrupt Synonyms

corrupt

v.

  1. To debase

    pervert, vitiate, degrade, bribe, suborn, adulterate, depreciate, deprave, debauch, defile, demoralize, pollute, taint, contaminate, infect, stain, spoil, ruin, alloy, bastardize, blight, blemish, mark against, undermine, subvert, impair, mar, injure, harm, hurt, damage, deface, disfigure, deform, abuse, mistreat, misuse, dishonor, disgrace, despoil, violate, demean, lower, pull down, reduce, weaken, abase, poison, warp, mislead, misguide, cause to degenerate, cause to deteriorate; see also bribe.

    Antonyms purify, clean*, restore. *

  2. To render inaccurate

    falsify, misrepresent, misstate, alter, garble, disguise, color, gloss over, varnish, counterfeit, adulterate, contaminate, taint, fabricate, invent, twist, warp, tamper with, doctor, fix*, pad*; see also disguise, forge 1. See syn. study at debase.

corrupt Usage Examples

Object

  • influence: Public anxiety about the potentially corrupting influence of the new language was constant from its birth.
  • file: Act ' thereby making calendar events all online join these players a corrupted file.
  • disk: This is only for restoring your data e.g. the cost of re-keying data or recovering a corrupted hard disk.
  • datum: Many times, turning a machine on corrupts the critical data required.

Preposition: on

filehost: Also, if the files get corrupted on the filehost or during download, the client is very likely to crash.

Subject

sin: How could his best, which was corrupted by sin, be acceptable in any way to a Holy God?

Modifies a noun

  • dictator: Much was siphoned off into the Swiss bank accounts of corrupt African dictators.
  • politician: The boys ' nemesis is Boss Hogg, a corrupt politician with the Sheriff in his pocket.
  • bringeth: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
  • cop: Denzel Washington plays Alonzo, a corrupt veteran cop and partner of the rookie.
  • policeman: I don't have the answers or alternatives to corrupt policemen, violent criminals, crooked lawyers or the inadequate prison system.
  • bureaucrat: But the POR went on tail-ending the corrupt old bureaucrat.

Modifying Another Word

  • morally: Tho stupid and morally corrupt in the petty sense, I do not think this man would order a murder.
  • notoriously: Private firms contracted to local councils have been notoriously corrupt, but the arms sector is equally notorious for overcharging the government.
  • hopelessly: So no one could find out that BRS has, at its very core, hopelessly corrupted logic?
  • inherently: It sheds light on the institutionalized racism that assumes the Third World to be inherently corrupt and corruptible, a view which underwrites bribery.
  • fundamentally: It is the destruction of Western society and democracy, which they believe are fundamentally corrupt and weak.
  • utterly: This was how the utterly corrupt bureaucracy of the British trade unions received its training.

Used with adjective complement

become: Paper won't suffer from system failures at critical times or become corrupt ( you can't hack something already on paper!

Preposition: by

sin: How could his best, which was corrupted by sin, be acceptable in any way to a Holy God?