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5 entries found for corrupt.
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cor·rupt (k-rpt)
adj.
Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
Venal; dishonest: a corrupt mayor.
Containing errors or alterations, as a text: a corrupt translation.
Archaic. Tainted; putrid.
v. cor·rupt·ed, cor·rupt·ing, cor·rupts
v. tr.
To destroy or subvert the honesty or integrity of.
To ruin morally; pervert.
To taint; contaminate.
To cause to become rotten; spoil.
To change the original form of (a text, for example).
Computer Science. To damage (data) in a file or on a disk.
v. intr.
To become corrupt.
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[Middle English, from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere, to destroy : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European Roots.]
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cor·rupter or cor·ruptor n.
cor·ruptive adj.
cor·ruptly adv.
cor·ruptness n.
Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, deprave, pervert, vitiate
These verbs mean to ruin utterly in character or quality: was corrupted by limitless power; debased himself by pleading with the captors; a youth debauched by drugs and drink; indulgence that depraves the moral fiber; perverted her talent by putting it to evil purposes; a proof vitiated by a serious omission.
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Pronunciation Key
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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corrupt \Cor*rupt"\ (k?r-r?pt"), v. i. 1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. --Bacon.
2. To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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corrupt \Cor*rupt`\ (k?r-r?pt"), a. [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.] 1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them. --Knolles.
2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges.
At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you. --Shak.
3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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corrupt \Cor*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Corrupting.] 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.
2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile.
Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1. Cor. xv. 33.
3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe.
Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. --Shak.
4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text.
He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. --Locke.
5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. --Matt. vi. 19.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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corrupt adj 1: lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government" [ant: incorrupt] 2: not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive [syn: crooked] [ant: straight] 3: containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language" [syn: corrupted] 4: touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic" [syn: tainted] v 1: corrupt morally [syn: pervert, demoralize, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect] 2: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" [syn: bribe, buy] 3: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" [syn: defile, sully, taint, cloud] 4: alter from the original [syn: spoil]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University |