Corrupt

Quick meaning: Corrupt is an adjective meaning Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.

Meaning

Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.

More Meanings

1. In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
2. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
3. In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
4. (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
5. (transitive) To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state.
6. To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
7. (archaic, intransitive) To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot.

Example Sentences

The text of the manuscript is corrupt.

with such corrupt and pestilent bread to feed them.

Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!

The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.

Word Forms

• corrumpt
• corrump
• corroupt
• corrupts
• corrupting
• corrupted

Synonyms for corrupt

Depending on context, synonyms include corrupted, defile, sully, warp, desecrate, profanate.

Antonyms for corrupt

Common opposites include straight, incorrupt.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bribe, bribable, purchasable, buy, sneaky, spoil.

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