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corrupt
[kuh-ruhpt]
adjective
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked.
a corrupt judge.
Synonyms: ,debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil.
a corrupt society.
(of a text) made inferior by errors or alterations.
Scholars compared the corrupt Alexandrian manuscript with a more reliable Greek translation.
infected; tainted.
Archaic.Ìýdecayed; putrid.
Synonyms: , , ,Computers.Ìýrelating to or designating computer code or stored data that contains errors.
If the corrupt file won’t open, restore a previous save.
verb (used with object)
to destroy the integrity of; cause to be dishonest, disloyal, etc., especially by bribery.
Synonyms: , , ,to lower morally; pervert.
to corrupt youth.
Synonyms: ,to alter (a language, text, etc.) for the worse; debase.
to mar; spoil.
to infect; taint.
Synonyms: , ,Archaic.Ìýto make putrid or putrescent.
Synonyms:Computers.Ìýto introduce errors in (computer code or stored data) when saving, transmitting, or retrieving it.
I downloaded some free modifications that corrupted the core program, so I can’t open it until I uninstall and reinstall the original version.
English Law.Ìý(in historical use) to subject (an attainted person) to corruption of blood.
verb (used without object)
to become corrupt.
corrupt
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adjective
lacking in integrity; open to or involving bribery or other dishonest practices
a corrupt official
corrupt practices in an election
morally depraved
putrid or rotten
contaminated; unclean
(of a text or manuscript) made meaningless or different in meaning from the original by scribal errors or alterations
(of computer programs or data) containing errors
verb
to become or cause to become dishonest or disloyal
to debase or become debased morally; deprave
(tr) to infect or contaminate; taint
(tr) to cause to become rotten
(tr) to alter (a text, manuscript, etc) from the original
(tr) computing to introduce errors into (data or a program)
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- corruptedly adverb
- corruptedness noun
- corrupter noun
- corruptor noun
- corruptive adjective
- corruptively adverb
- corruptly adverb
- corruptness noun
- noncorrupt adjective
- noncorruptly adverb
- noncorruptness noun
- noncorrupter noun
- noncorruptive adjective
- overcorrupt verb
- overcorruptly adverb
- precorrupt verb (used with object)
- precorruptly adverb
- precorruptness noun
- precorruptive adjective
- uncorrupt adjective
- uncorruptly adverb
- uncorruptness noun
- uncorrupted adjective
- uncorruptedly adverb
- uncorruptedness noun
- uncorrupting adjective
- uncorruptive adjective
- ³¦´Ç°ùˈ°ù³Ü±è³Ù²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ³¦´Ç°ùˈ°ù³Ü±è³Ù¾±±¹±ð adjective
- ³¦´Ç°ùˈ°ù³Ü±è³Ù±ð°ù noun
- ³¦´Ç°ùˈ°ù³Ü±è³Ù±ô²â adverb
- ³¦´Ç°ùˈ°ù³Ü±è³Ù¾±±¹±ðly adverb
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of corrupt1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“There is no room left to speculate about some way that the U.S. Attorney’s Office did not know about the corrupt conduct of these cooperating persons.â€
Years later, the leader of the paramilitary group United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, Carlos Castaño, admitted that he trained the hitman and planned the crime along with corrupted Colombian officials.
Now I know how sharks feel as their oceanic ecosystems are corrupted, leaving some to rely on whatever food they can find.
The sources of modern art, according to social critic Max Nordau, were decadent, corrupted societies whose artists, afflicted with “degeneration†as a form of mental illness, could only produce work reflecting their degenerate selves.
It also alleges that their prosecution was "corrupt and politically motivated."
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When To Use
Corrupt is commonly used as an adjective to describe members of organizations or institutions who engage in illegal or otherwise dishonest practices to benefit themselves. It can also be used in this way to describe their actions or institutions that have a lot of this activity.Corrupt can also be used as verb meaning to destroy the integrity of someone or something or cause someone to be dishonest.The state of being corrupt is corruption. Both terms are most often used in the context of such rulebreaking by people who are powerful or who are responsible for the well-being of others, such as politicians, government officials, and police officers.More generally, corrupt can be used as an adjective that means depraved, debased, or having been made worse in some way. It can also be used as a verb meaning to make someone or something depraved, debased, or worse in some way.More specifically, corrupt can mean to alter a word or text in a way that deviates from its original or intended form.Example: This isn’t just one or two corrupt officials. The whole organization is corrupt—bribes and kickbacks are their normal way of doing business.
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