ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Corrupt

/kəˈɹʌpt/ · adjective

Meaning

Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes..

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

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

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you.

The text of the manuscript is corrupt.

It turned out that the program was corrupt - that's why it wouldn't open.

with such corrupt and pestilent bread to feed them.

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

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

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Corrupt means Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes..

Common synonyms include corrupted, defile, lead astray, sully.

Possible antonyms include straight, incorrupt.

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

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