corrupt

Speech parts

1. corrupt - Adjective

2. corrupt - Verb

3. corrupt - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges.

Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.

To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.

To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile.

To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe.

To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text.

To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.

To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

corrupted bribe spoil taint defile debase sully crooked rotten criminal poison fraudulent degenerate immoral dishonest
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Antonyms

incorrupt holy orthodox virgin madonna bazaar
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Hypernyms

mar change pay alter modify impair

Hyponyms

sop load stretch poison dilute infect

Phrases with the word

Corrupt Practices corrupt practice corrupt person corrupt seat corrupt crimes corrupt way of life

Derivatives

corrupted corrupting

Examples

This judge can be bought Source: Internet

sully someone's reputation Source: Internet

debauch the young people with wine and women Source: Internet

Socrates was accused of corrupting young men Source: Internet

Do school counselors subvert young children? Source: Internet

corrupt the morals Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

corrump corrumpable corrumpt corrupt ally corrupt bomb corrupt borough