corrupt
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
(of a text) made inferior by errors or alterations: Scholars compared the corrupt Alexandrian manuscript with a more reliable Greek translation.
infected; tainted.
Archaic. decayed; putrid.
Computers. relating to or designating computer code or stored data that contains errors: If the corrupt file won’t open, restore a previous save.
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.
Archaic. to make putrid or putrescent.
Computers. to introduce errors in (computer code or stored data) when saving, transmitting, or retrieving it: I downloaded some free modifications that corrupted the core program, so I can’t open it until I uninstall and reinstall the original version.
English Law. (in historical use) to subject (an attainted person) to corruption of blood.
to become corrupt.
Origin of corrupt
1synonym study For corrupt
Other words for corrupt
1 | false, trustworthy |
4 | contaminated |
5 | putrescent, rotten, decomposed, spoiled |
7 | bribe, buy, suborn; demoralize |
8 | debase, vitiate |
11 | contaminate, pollute, defile |
12 | putrefy |
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
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How to use corrupt in a sentence
In the 1890s, Congress cracked down on the last state-chartered lottery — the notoriously corrupt Louisiana State Lottery Company — and a number of states banned betting on horse racing, one of the only forms of wagering that remained legal.
Sports gambling could be the pandemic’s biggest winner | Jonathan D. Cohen | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostFrom there he goes on to speak of all the corrupt things done by Justinian and Theodora, as well as the many figures of their court.
What the QAnon of the 6th Century Teaches Us About Conspiracies | Roland Betancourt | February 3, 2021 | TimeFireEye soon discovered the attackers had gained access through corrupted updates to the SolarWinds Orion network-monitoring software that it used.
The U.S. Spent $2.2 Million on a Cybersecurity System That Wasn’t Implemented — and Might Have Stopped a Major Hack | by Peter Elkind and Jack Gillum | February 2, 2021 | ProPublicaWhen we say someone who steals, someone who is corrupt, is disgusting, that’s a little different from saying that someone who, say, burns the American flag is disgusting.
Kleptocrats and corrupt foreign officials did not need secret bank accounts in Switzerland.
A quietly passed law cracks down on shell companies to combat corruption | Rachel Schallom | January 10, 2021 | Fortune
The colored Creoles, who are generally uneducated, speak the Spanish language much more corruptly than the whites.
Treste, the trefoil leaf, or clover-grass (corruptly called Clubs) alludes to the husbandmen and peasants.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsThe metropolis of the kingdom is called Bagou, corruptly called Pegu, which name is likewise given to the kingdom.
It is so called by the French, because it comes to them from Japan, which they corruptly pronounce Sapan.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreNo one could have been more discreet, more corruptly sagacious, more sunnily amiable, than this singular woman.
Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty | J. W. de Forest
British Dictionary definitions for corrupt
/ (kəˈrʌpt) /
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
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)
Origin of corrupt
1Derived forms of corrupt
- corrupter or corruptor, noun
- corruptive, adjective
- corruptively, adverb
- corruptly, adverb
- corruptness, noun
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