Word: Corrupt
How to pronounce: kəˈrʌpt
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
Example sentences: "Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials"
2. (of a text or a computer database or program) made unreliable by errors or alterations.
Example sentences: "A progressively corrupt magnetic record is usable nonetheless"
3. (of organic or inorganic matter) in a state of decay; rotten or putrid.
Example sentences: "A corrupt and rotting corpse"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
Example sentences: "There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts"
2. Change or debase by making errors or unintentional alterations.
Example sentences: "Epicurus's teachings have since been much corrupted"
3. Infect; contaminate.
Synonyms:
deprave
pervert
demoralize
subvert
lecherous
lewd
immoral
dissolute
decompose
destroy
debase
degrade
disintegrate
perverse
vicious
dishonorable
crooked
bribe
venal
bribable
rotten
vitiate
spoil
misrepresent
deface
deteriorate
for sale
taint
depraved
tainted
defile
profane
sully
buy
debauch
putrefy
warp
poison
suborn
pay off
rot
foul
Derivations:
corruption
corruptness
corruptibility
corrupting
corruptible
corruptly
corrupted
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Corrupt in Other Languages...
Spanish: Corrupto
German: Korrupt
French: Corrompre
Italian: Corrompere
Turkish: Bozulmuş
