What does corrupt mean?
Definitions for corrupt
kəˈrʌptcor·rupt
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word corrupt.
Princeton's WordNet
corruptadjective
lacking in integrity
"humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
crooked, corruptadjective
not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
corrupt, corruptedadjective
containing errors or alterations
"a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
corrupt, taintedverb
touched by rot or decay
"tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirectverb
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
"debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palmsverb
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
"This judge can be bought"
defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloudverb
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
"sully someone's reputation"
corrupt, spoilverb
alter from the original
Wiktionary
corruptverb
To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!
Etymology: From corrupten, from corruptus, past participle of corrumpo, from com- + rumpere.
corruptadjective
In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
The Government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
Etymology: From corrupten, from corruptus, past participle of corrumpo, from com- + rumpere.
corruptadjective
With lots of errors in it; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
Etymology: From corrupten, from corruptus, past participle of corrumpo, from com- + rumpere.
corruptadjective
In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them.
Etymology: From corrupten, from corruptus, past participle of corrumpo, from com- + rumpere.
Webster Dictionary
Corruptadjective
changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound
Etymology: [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
Corruptadjective
changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges
Etymology: [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
Corruptadjective
abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt
Etymology: [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
Corruptverb
to change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy
Etymology: [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
Corruptverb
to change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile
Etymology: [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
Corruptverb
to draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe
Etymology: [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
Corruptverb
to debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text
Etymology: [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
Corruptverb
to waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless
Etymology: [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
Corruptverb
to become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot
Etymology: [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
Corruptverb
to become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness
Etymology: [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
Freebase
Corrupt
"Corrupt" was originally intended as the second Angel episode, but the production was abandoned, and instead "Lonely Hearts" was written and produced.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Corrupt
kor-upt′, v.t. to make putrid: to defile: to mar: to debase: to bribe.—v.i. to rot: to lose purity.—adj. putrid: depraved: defiled: not genuine: full of errors.—ns. Corrupt′er; Corruptibil′ity, Corrupt′ibleness.—adj. Corrupt′ible, liable to be corrupted.—adv. Corrupt′ibly.—ns. Corrup′tion, rottenness: putrid matter: impurity: bribery; Corrup′tionist, one who defends or who practises corruption.—adj. Corrupt′ive, having the quality of corrupting.—adv. Corrupt′ly.—n. Corrupt′ness. [L. cor, inten., and rumpĕre, ruptum, to break.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of corrupt in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of corrupt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of corrupt in a Sentence
Ovid:
All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public.
In the days ahead ... the United States will announce even stronger sanctions on the regime's corrupt financial networks, we will work with all of you to find every last dollar that they stole and work to return it to Venezuela.
It is absolutely not my view that Joe is corrupt in any way. And I'm sorry that that op-ed appeared.
I don't really want to pick on Lopez Obrador here because none of Lopez Obrador opponents really did either, lopez Obrador anti-corruption approach has generally been panned by people in the anti-corruption community who prefer sort of very technical institutional solutions and Lopez Obrador's philosophy can kind of be distilled down to,' I will not be corrupt. I will be against corruption.' Lopez Obrador idea is that what has been lacking is the institutional will.
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- развращавам, развален, покварен, развалямBulgarian
- corrompre, corrupteCatalan, Valencian
- narušit, zkorumpovaný, porušený, zkažený, zkazitCzech
- korrupt, verderben, korrumpierenGerman
- διεφθαρμένοςGreek
- corromper, corruptoSpanish
- korruptoitunut, turmella, turmeltunut, korruptoidaFinnish
- corrompu, corrompre, dévoyéFrench
- olc, meallta, breunScottish Gaelic
- השחיתHebrew
- korupIndonesian
- corrompere, corrottoItalian
- ពុករលួយKhmer
- corrumpoLatin
- verworden, corrupt, verdorven, verdervenDutch
- skorumpowanyPolish
- corrupto, corromperPortuguese
- coruptă, corupe, coruptRomanian
- коррумпированныйRussian
- paramidiSwahili
- tham nhũngVietnamese
- 腐败Chinese
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