Corrupt Definition

kə-rŭpt

corrupted, corrupting, corrupts, corruptest

adjective

corruptest

Changed from a sound condition to an unsound one; spoiled; contaminated; rotten.

Webster's New World

Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.

American Heritage

Deteriorated from the normal or standard.

Webster's New World

Venal or dishonest.

A corrupt mayor.

American Heritage

Containing errors or alterations, especially ones that prevent proper understanding or use.

A corrupt translation; a corrupt computer file.

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verb

corrupted, corrupting, corrupts

To ruin morally; pervert.

American Heritage

To destroy or subvert the honesty or integrity of, as by offering bribes.

American Heritage

To cause to become rotten; spoil.

American Heritage

To make or become corrupt.

Webster's New World

To render impure; contaminate.

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Other Word Forms of Corrupt

Base Form:

corrupt

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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”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Latin corruptus past participle of corrumpere to destroy com- intensive pref. com– rumpere to break reup- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition