Corrupt meaning
The definition of corrupt is dishonest or deteriorated.
An example of corrupt used as an adjective is a corrupt business which means a business that cheats customers.
adjective
Corrupt means to destroy someone's honesty or hurt someone's morals.
An example of to corrupt is for a person to expose his younger sibling to alcohol.
verb
Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
adjective
Venal or dishonest.
A corrupt mayor.
adjective
Containing errors or alterations, especially ones that prevent proper understanding or use.
A corrupt translation; a corrupt computer file.
adjective
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Tainted; putrid.
adjective
To ruin morally; pervert.
verb
To destroy or subvert the honesty or integrity of, as by offering bribes.
verb
To cause to become rotten; spoil.
verb
To render impure; contaminate.
verb
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To alter from original or proper form.
verb
To damage (data) in a file or on a disk.
verb
To become corrupt.
verb
Changed from a sound condition to an unsound one; spoiled; contaminated; rotten.
adjective
Deteriorated from the normal or standard.
- Morally unsound or debased; perverted; evil; depraved.
- Taking bribes; venal.
- Containing alterations, errors, or admixtures of foreignisms.
adjective
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To make or become corrupt.
verb
The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
adjective
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To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify.
To corrupt language, or a holy text.
verb
To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
verb
Origin of corrupt
From Middle English corrupten, from Old French corropt, from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō, corrumpere (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpere (“to break in pieces”).