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(kərʌpt)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense corrupts, present participle corrupting, past tense, past participle corrupted
1. adjective
Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
...to save the nation from corrupt politicians of both parties.
He had accused three opposition members of corrupt practices.
corruptly adverb [ADVERB with verb]
...several government officials charged with acting corruptly.
2. verb [usually passive]
If someone is corrupted by something, it causes them to become dishonest and unjust and unable to be trusted.
It is sad to see a man so corrupted by the desire for money and power. [be VERB-ed]
3. verb
To corrupt someone means to cause them to stop caring about moral standards.
...warning that television will corrupt us all. [VERB noun]
Cruelty depraves and corrupts. [VERB]
Synonyms: deprave, pervert, subvert, debase More Synonyms of corrupt
4. verb [usually passive]
If something is corrupted, it becomes damaged or spoiled in some way.
Some of the finer type-faces are corrupted by cheap, popular computer printers. [be VERB-ed]
They can ensure that traditional cuisines are not totally corrupted by commercialpractices. [be VERB-ed]
...corrupted data. [VERB-ed]
More Synonyms of corrupt

corrupt in British English

(kəˈrʌpt)
adjective
1. 
lacking in integrity; open to or involving bribery or other dishonest practices
a corrupt official
corrupt practices in an election
2. 
morally depraved
3. 
putrid or rotten
4. 
contaminated; unclean
5. 
(of a text or manuscript) made meaningless or different in meaning from the original by scribal errors or alterations
6. 
(of computer programs or data) containing errors
verb
7. 
to become or cause to become dishonest or disloyal
8. 
to debase or become debased morally; deprave
9. (transitive)
to infect or contaminate; taint
10. (transitive)
to cause to become rotten
11. (transitive)
to alter (a text, manuscript, etc) from the original
12. (transitive) computing
to introduce errors into (data or a program)
Derived forms
corrupter (corˈrupter) or corruptor (corˈruptor)
noun
corruptive (corˈruptive)
adjective
corruptively (corˈruptively)
adverb
corruptly (corˈruptly)
adverb
corruptness (corˈruptness)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Latin corruptus spoiled, from corrumpere to ruin, literally: break to pieces, from rumpere to break

corrupt in American English

(kəˈrʌpt)
adjective
1.  Obsolete
changed from a sound condition to an unsound one; spoiled; contaminated; rotten
2. 
deteriorated from the normal or standard
; specif.,
a. 
morally unsound or debased; perverted; evil; depraved
b. 
taking bribes; venal
c. 
containing alterations, errors, or admixtures of foreignisms
said of texts, languages, etc.
verb transitive, verb intransitive
3. 
to make or become corrupt
SIMILAR WORDS:  deˈbase
Derived forms
corrupter (corˈrupter)
noun or corˈruptor
corruptly (corˈruptly)
adverb
corruptness (corˈruptness)
noun
Word origin
ME < L corruptus, pp. of corrumpere, to destroy, spoil, bribe < com-, together + rumpere, to break: see rupture

Examples of 'corrupt' in a sentence
corrupt

They think she's corrupt and dishonest, and epitomises a system that is stacked against them.
The Sun (2016)
He claimed she had told him:'The local police are corrupt and if you pay them you can get away with anything.
The Sun (2017)
There's no way I could be a policewoman because the power would corrupt me.
The Sun (2016)
Those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature.
Christianity Today (2000)
This is legalised begging and the people involved are morally corrupt.
The Sun (2015)
They use two specific applications in the battle against false logs and corrupted police notes.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Yet if one person gains power and becomes corrupted it changes completely.
The Sun (2014)
This is the most corrupt government in our history.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There were fears that some could be stolen and sold on by corrupt officials.
The Sun (2008)
Nor is it obvious that there is something unusually corrupt about the culture in banking generally.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You have a group of good people caught up in a system that has become corrupt.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We must have the power to remove a corrupt and deceitful man from office.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
These people have been oppressed by a corrupt police force for years.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They are therefore less likely to be corrupted by power than those untrained in its exercise.
Eccleshall, Robert English Conservatism since the Restoration: An introduction and anthology (1990)
There is a corrupt and predatory government in power.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
English gardeners corrupted that into something more manageable.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We want this corrupt system to become a thing of the past.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
 Money is corrupting this whole technology.
The Sun (2007)
You're not about to be corrupted by it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He blamed money for corrupting the Church.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The offence they were being punished for was having long hair and corrupting the nation 's young.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Loving things can be bad for us, for example when the things we love are morally corrupt.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Fears about the corrupting influence of commerce have led governments to intervene, but seldom with much effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
As a percentage of their total numbers, how corrupt and dishonest are MPs?
The Sun (2014)

In other languages
corrupt

British English: corrupt /kəˈrʌpt/ ADJECTIVE
A corrupt person behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing illegal things for money.
...corrupt politicians.
  • American English: corrupt
  • Arabic: فَاسِد
  • Brazilian Portuguese: corrupto
  • Chinese: 腐败的
  • Croatian: korumpiran
  • Czech: zkorumpovaný
  • Danish: korrupt
  • Dutch: corrupt
  • European Spanish: corrupto
  • Finnish: lahjottu
  • French: corrompu
  • German: korrupt
  • Greek: διεφθαρμένος
  • Italian: corrotto
  • Japanese: 腐敗した
  • Korean: 타락한
  • Norwegian: korrupt
  • Polish: skorumpowany
  • European Portuguese: corrupto
  • Romanian: corupt
  • Russian: порочный
  • Latin American Spanish: corrupto
  • Swedish: korrumperad
  • Thai: ทุจริต
  • Turkish: yozlaşmış
  • Ukrainian: продажний
  • Vietnamese: tham nhũng
British English: corrupt VERB
If someone is corrupted by something, it causes them to become dishonest and unjust and unable to be trusted.
It is sad to see a man so corrupted by the desire for money and power.
Money corrupted the academic's pursuit of knowledge.
  • American English: corrupt
  • Brazilian Portuguese: corromper
  • Chinese: 使…堕落
  • European Spanish: corromper
  • French: corrompre
  • German: korrumpieren
  • Italian: corrotto
  • Japanese: 堕落させる
  • Korean: ~때문에 타락하다
  • European Portuguese: corrompido
  • Latin American Spanish: corromper

Chinese translation of 'corrupt'

corrupt

(kəˈrʌpt)

adj

  1. [person] 腐败(敗)的 (fǔbài de)
  2. [data] 破坏(壞)的 (pòhuài de)

vt

  1. [person] 使堕(墮)落 (shǐ duòluò)
  2. [data] 破坏(壞) (pòhuài)
    corrupt practices 贪(貪)赃(贓)舞弊的行为(為) (tānzāng wǔbì de xíngwéi)
1 (adjective) 
Definition
open to or involving bribery or other dishonest practices
corrupt politicians who took bribes
Synonyms
dishonest
He had become rich by dishonest means.
bent (slang)
a bent accountant
crooked (informal)
She might expose his crooked business deals to the authorities.
rotten
There was something rotten in our legal system.
shady (informal)
Be wary of people who try to talk you into shady deals.
fraudulent
fraudulent claims about being a nurse
unscrupulous
These kids are being exploited by very unscrupulous people.
unethical
I thought it was unethical for doctors to operate upon family members.
venal
venal and totally corrupt politicians
unprincipled
the unprincipled behaviour of the prosecutor's office
bribable
Opposites
straight
,
principled
,
moral
,
noble
,
ethical
,
upright
,
honourable
,
honest
,
righteous
,
virtuous
,
scrupulous
2 (adjective) 
Definition
morally depraved
the flamboyant and morally corrupt court of Charles the Second
Synonyms
depraved
It has been condemned as the most depraved film of its kind.
abandoned
vicious
a vicious criminal incapable of remorse
degenerate
the degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers
debased
a dysfunctional and morally debased organization
demoralized
profligate
setting his usual profligate and rakish example to society
dishonoured
defiled
dissolute
She regretted her dissolute life.
3 (adjective) 
Synonyms
contaminated
More than 100,000 people could fall ill after drinking contaminated water.
infected
decayed
Even young children have teeth so decayed they need to be extracted.
rotten
The smell is like rotten eggs.
polluted
tainted
defiled
How dirty and defiled he felt.
adulterated
The corporation pleaded guilty to producing and distributing adulterated meat.
putrid
river banks coated with layers of putrid sludge from untreated waste
putrescent
4 (adjective) 
Definition
(of a text or data) made unreliable by errors or alterations
a corrupt text of a poem by Milton
Synonyms
distorted
doctored
altered
falsified
1 (verb) 
The ability to corrupt judges was fundamental to their operations.
Synonyms
bribe
The company bribed the workers to be quiet.
square
fix (informal)
They offered players bribes to fix a league match.
buy off
suborn
grease (someone's) palm (slang)
2 (verb) 
Definition
to make corrupt
Cruelty depraves and corrupts.
Synonyms
deprave
material likely to deprave those who hear or read it
pervert
He was accused of perverting the nation's youth.
subvert
an attempt to subvert the electoral process
debase
He claims that advertising debases the English language.
demoralize
debauch
a film accused of debauching public morals
Opposites
reform
,
correct
3 (verb) 
Synonyms
contaminate
The fishing waters have been contaminated with toxic wastes.
infect
The birds infect the milk.
spoil
Fats spoil by becoming tainted.
taint
Rancid oil will taint the flavour.
defile
piles of old clothes defiled with excrement
adulterate
The food had been adulterated to increase its weight.
vitiate
His otherwise admirable character is vitiated by his pride.
putrefy (formal)
the stench of corpses putrefying in the sweltering heat
Opposites
purify
4 (verb) 
Computer hackers often break into important sites to corrupt files.
Synonyms
distort
doctor
They doctored the photograph.
tamper with

Additional synonyms

in the sense of adulterate
Definition
to spoil something by adding inferior material
The food had been adulterated to increase its weight.
Synonyms
debase,
thin,
weaken,
corrupt,
deteriorate,
mix with,
contaminate,
devalue,
water down,
depreciate,
attenuate,
vitiate,
bastardize,
make impure
in the sense of adulterated
The corporation pleaded guilty to producing and distributing adulterated meat.
Synonyms
debased,
mixed,
contaminated,
polluted,
depreciated,
reduced,
lowered,
impure
in the sense of bent
Definition
dishonest
a bent accountant
Synonyms
corrupt,
crooked (informal),
rotten,
shady (informal),
fraudulent,
dishonest,
unscrupulous,
unethical,
venal,
unprincipled,
bribable

Synonyms of 'corrupt'

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