## Meanings
1. Willing to act dishonestly in return for money or power.
2. To make someone become dishonest or morally bad.
3. Containing errors so that it no longer works properly.

## Examples
- The government here is corrupt, so many people want to leave.
- He worried that power would corrupt his old friend.
- The download failed and left me with a corrupt file.

## Synonyms
- corrupted

## Derived Forms
- corruptable
- corruptee
- corruptful
- corruptician
- corruptingly
- corruptive
- corruptless
- corruptly
- corruptness
- corruptocracy
- corruptor
- incorrupt

## Related Forms
- corruptible
- corruption
- incorruptible

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *Hrewp-
- Root: corrupten
- Root: corruptus

## Etymology
From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”).

## AI Etymology
corrupt comes from Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-, Middle English corrupten, Latin corruptus. Current senses include Willing to act dishonestly in return for money or power and to make someone become dishonest or morally bad. English relatives and later formations include corruptable, corruptee, corruptful, corruptible, corruption.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process
- Actions & Processes

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