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corrupt
(k/@/'r/@/pt )

adjective (a)

  • lacking in integrity(adj.all)
    Example:
    Humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation.
    A corrupt and incompetent city government.
    Antonym:
    incorrupt
    source: wordnet30
  • not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    crooked
    Antonym:
    square, straight
    source: wordnet30
  • Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • containing errors or alterations(adj.all)
    Example:
    A corrupt text.
    Spoke a corrupted version of the language.
    Synonym:
    corrupted
    source: wordnet30
  • touched by rot or decay(adj.all)
    Example:
    `corrupt' is archaic.
    Synonym:
    tainted
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality(verb.social)
    Example:
    Socrates was accused of corrupting young men.
    Corrupt the morals.
    Synonym:
    debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate
    source: wordnet30
  • make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence(verb.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    cloud, defile, sully, taint
    source: wordnet30
  • alter from the original(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    spoil
    source: wordnet30
  • To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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