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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORRUPT, v.t. [L., to break.] Literally, to break, separate or dissolve. Hence,
1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to separate the component parts of a body, as by a natural process, which accompanied by a fetid smell.
2. To vitiate or deprave; to change from good to bad.
Evil communications corrupt good manners. 1 Corinthians 15.
3. To waste, spoil or consume.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. Matthew 6.
4. To defile or pollute. Exodus 32.
5. To entice from good and allure to evil. 2 Corinthians 11.
6. To pervert; to break, disobey or make void. Malachi 2.
7. To pervert or vitiate integrity; to bribe; as, to corrupt a judge.
8. To debase or render impure, by alterations or innovations; as, to corrupt language.
9. To pervert; to falsify; to infect with errors; as, to corrupt the sacred text.
CORRUPT, v.i.
1. To become putrid; to putrefy; to rot. Animal and vegetable substances speedily corrupt in a warm and moist air.
2. To become vitiated; to lose purity.
CORRUPT, a. [L.]
1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state, as by natural decomposition.
2. Spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound; as corrupt air, or bread.
3. Depraved; vitiated; tainted with wickedness.
They are corrupt; they have done abominable works. Psalms 14.
The earth was corrupt before God. Genesis 6.
4. Debased; rendered impure; changed to a worse state; as corrupt language.
5. Not genuine; infected with errors or mistakes. The text is corrupt.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government" [ant: incorrupt]
2: not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive [syn: crooked, corrupt] [ant: square, straight]
3: containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language" [syn: corrupt, corrupted]
4: touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic" [syn: corrupt, tainted] v
1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]
2: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" [syn: bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms]
3: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" [syn: defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud]
4: alter from the original [syn: corrupt, spoil]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere, from com- + rumpere to break — more at reave Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to change from good to bad in morals, manners, or actions; also bribe b. to degrade with unsound principles or moral values 2. rot, spoil 3. to subject (a person) to corruption of blood 4. to alter from the original or correct form or version <the file was corrupted> intransitive verb 1. a. to become tainted or rotten b. to become morally debased 2. to cause disintegration or ruin Synonyms: see debase • corrupter also corruptor noun • corruptibility noun • corruptible adjective • corruptibly adverb II. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin corruptus Date: 14th century 1. a. morally degenerate and perverted ; depraved b. characterized by improper conduct (as bribery or the selling of favors) <corrupt judges> 2. putrid, tainted 3. adulterated or debased by change from an original or correct condition <a corrupt version of the text> Synonyms: see vicious • corruptly adverb • corruptness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & v. --adj. 1 morally depraved; wicked. 2 influenced by or using bribery or fraudulent activity. 3 (of a text, language, etc.) harmed (esp. made suspect or unreliable) by errors or alterations. 4 rotten. --v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become corrupt or depraved. 2 tr. affect or harm by errors or alterations. 3 tr. infect, taint. Phrases and idioms: corrupt practices fraudulent activity, esp. at elections. Derivatives: corrupter n. corruptible adj. corruptibility n. corruptive adj. corruptly adv. corruptness n. Etymology: ME f. OF corrupt or L corruptus past part. of corrumpere corrupt- (as COM-, rumpere break)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Corrupt Cor*rupt" (k?r-r?pt"), v. i. 1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. --Bacon. 2. To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Corrupt Cor*rupt` (k?r-r?pt"), a. [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.] 1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them. --Knolles. 2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges. At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you. --Shak. 3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Corrupt Cor*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Corrupting.] 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile. Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1. Cor. xv. 33. 3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe. Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. --Shak. 4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text. He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. --Locke. 5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. --Matt. vi. 19.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(corrupts, corrupting, corrupted) 1. 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. ? scrupulous ADJ • corruptly ...several government officials charged with acting corruptly. ADV: ADV with v 2. 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. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed 3. To corrupt someone means to cause them to stop caring about moral standards. ...warning that television will corrupt us all... Cruelty depraves and corrupts. VERB: V n, V 4. 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... ...corrupted data. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Putrefy, render putrid. 2. Contaminate, taint, defile, pollute, infect, vitiate, spoil. 3. Deprave, demoralize, vitiate, pervert. 4. Debase, falsify, adulterate, sophisticate. 5. Bribe, entice. II. a. 1. Corrupted, infected, spoiled, tainted, putrid, contaminated, unsound. 2. Depraved, wicked, vicious, dissolute, profligate, reprobate, abandoned. 3. Open to bribes, given to bribery, dishonest, false to one's trusts.

Moby Thesaurus

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