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Meaning of 'corrupt'
Meaning of 'corrupt' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Corrupt 
[ a.]
- Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted;
vitiated; unsound. [ a.]- 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.
2. Corrupt [ v. i.]
- To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. [ v. i.]- To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.
3. Corrupt [ v. t.]
- To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state;
to make putrid; to putrefy. [ v. t.]- 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 waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
Meaning of 'corrupt' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. corrupt [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Example in sentence:
- corrupt the morals;
- debauch the young people with wine and women;
- Do school counselors subvert young children?;
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
Meaning (2):
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
Example in sentence:
- sully someone's reputation
Meaning (3):
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
Example in sentence:
- This judge can be bought
2. corrupt [ a]
[ a]Meaning (4):
- lacking in integrity
- lacking in integrity
Example in sentence:
- a corrupt and incompetent city government;
- humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation
3. corrupt [ s]
[ s]Meaning (5):
- containing errors or alterations
- containing errors or alterations
Example in sentence:
- a corrupt text;
- spoke a corrupted version of the language
Meaning (6):
- touched by rot or decay
- touched by rot or decay
Example in sentence:
- tainted bacon;
- `corrupt' is archaic
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