corrupt

[ kuh-ruhpt ]

/ kəˈrʌpt /

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adjective

guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.

debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil: a corrupt society.

made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text.

infected; tainted.

decayed; putrid.

verb (used with object)

to destroy the integrity of; cause to be dishonest, disloyal, etc., especially by bribery.

to lower morally; pervert: to corrupt youth.

to alter (a language, text, etc.) for the worse; debase.

to mar; spoil.

to infect; taint.

to make putrid or putrescent.

English Law. to subject (an attainted person) to corruption of blood.

verb (used without object)

to become corrupt.

Origin of corrupt

1250–1300; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin corruptus broken in pieces, corrupted (past participle of corrumpere), equivalent to cor- cor- + rup- (variant stem of rumpere to break) + -tus past participle suffix

SYNONYMS FOR corrupt

1 false, untrustworthy.

3, 4 contaminated.

4, 5 putrescent, rotten, spoiled.

6 demoralize, bribe.

7 debase, vitiate.

10 contaminate, pollute, spoil, defile.

11 putrefy.

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1. Corrupt, dishonest, venal apply to one, especially in public office, who acts on mercenary motives, without regard to honor, right, or justice. A corrupt politician is one originally honest who has succumbed to temptation and begun questionable practices. A dishonest politician is one lacking native integrity. A venal politician is one so totally debased as to sell patronage.

OTHER WORDS FROM corrupt

cor·rupt·ed·ly, adverb cor·rupt·ed·ness, noun cor·rupt·er, cor·rup·tor, noun cor·rup·tive, adjective

cor·rup·tive·ly, adverb cor·rupt·ly, adverb cor·rupt·ness, noun non·cor·rupt, adjective non·cor·rupt·ly, adverb non·cor·rupt·ness, noun non·cor·rupt·er, noun non·cor·rup·tive, adjective o·ver·cor·rupt, verb, adjective o·ver·cor·rupt·ly, adverb pre·cor·rupt, verb (used with object) pre·cor·rupt·ly, adverb pre·cor·rupt·ness, noun pre·cor·rup·tive, adjective un·cor·rupt, adjective un·cor·rupt·ly, adverb un·cor·rupt·ness, noun un·cor·rupt·ed, adjective un·cor·rupt·ed·ly, adverb un·cor·rupt·ed·ness, noun un·cor·rupt·ing, adjective un·cor·rup·tive, adjective

Words nearby corrupt

corrugated iron, corrugated paper, corrugation, corrugator, corrugator muscle, corrupt, corrupt practices act, corruptible, corruption, corruption of blood, corruptionist

Example sentences from the Web for corruptness

Hence, the corruptness and hollowness of all official transactions and political life.

The Group Mind |William McDougall
She denounced the corruptness of the monks and clergy with a vigour which delighted their enemies.

Curiosities of Christian History |Croake James
But seeing the corruptness of the world, even gratitude is nowadays reckoned among the virtues.

The Gtakaml |rya Sra
I grow so tired of all this talk about the corruptness of the Chinese!

Peking Dust |Ellen N. La Motte

The still darker side of the government can be seen when the ignorance and corruptness of the official class are brought to light.

Government in Republican China |Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

British Dictionary definitions for corruptness

corrupt

/ (kəˈrʌpt) /

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)

Derived forms of corrupt

corrupter or corruptor, noun corruptive, adjective corruptively, adverb corruptly, adverb

corruptness, noun

Word Origin for corrupt

C14: from Latin corruptus spoiled, from corrumpere to ruin, literally: break to pieces, from rumpere to break

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