corrupt

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lacking in integrity

   humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation

2. 2
   adj

   containing errors or alterations

   a corrupt text

3. 3
   verb

   to place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

   I think you've corrupted my view of Sesame Street.

4. 4
   adj

   In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.

   The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.

5. 5
   adj

   Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.

   The text of the manuscript is corrupt.

6. 6
   adj

   In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

   with such corrupt and pestilent bread to feed them.

7. 7
   verb

   To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.

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

8. 8
   verb

   To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot.

   he entrails, which are the parts aptest to corrupt

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”).