corrupt

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /kəˈrʌpt/

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Adjective

Positive corrupt

Comparative more corrupt

Superlative most corrupt

1. If someone is corrupt, they are weak in morals; it is depraved or perverted.

   The Government here is corrupt, so we'll move to escape them.

2. If something is corrupt, it is not correct; it is with lots of errors in it.

   The text of the manuscript is corrupt.

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

3. If someone or something is corrupt, it is not pure; it is spoiled or tainted.

   Prisoners of war are sometimes fed corrupt food.

Verb

Plain form corrupt

Third-person singular corrupts

Past tense corrupted

Past participle corrupted

Present participle corrupting

1. (transitive) If you corrupt something or someone, you make them corrupt; you change them from good to bad.

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

Related words

• corruptible
• corruption
• incorruptible