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Meaning and definition for "corrupt" word
[adjective] touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
[adjective] containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
[adjective] not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
[verb] alter from the original
[verb] place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
[verb] make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
[verb] 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"
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\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.
\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.
Synonyms for corrupt
bribable, bribe, buy, corruptible, crooked, debase, debased, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, depraved, dishonest, imperfect, misdirect, praetorian, profane, purchasable, putrid, reprobate, sneaky, sold-out(a), sordid, spoil, subvert, sully, tainted, underhand, underhanded, unscrupulous, venal
Antonyms: incorrupt, straight
See also: adulterate | alter | bastardise | bastardize | buy off | carnalise | carnalize | change | debase | deflower | dilute | dishonorable | impair | infect | lead astray | lead off | mar | modify | pay | pay off | poison | sensualise | sensualize | sop | spoil | stretch | suborn | unlawful | vitiate | whore |
Related terms: all off, alloy, amiss, condemn, debase, debauch, degraded, deleterious, distorted, fall to pieces, faulty, fix, flagitious, gangrenous, go bad, heterodox, immoral, miscreant, misuse, nefarious, pervert, pollute, prejudice, savage, sphacelated, suspicious, turn, unproved, unstraightforward, wreak havoc on
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Let's analyse "corrupt" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 28.6% of vowels is 10% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TPURROC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1750 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
corrupt: 6 + 3 = 9, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine. |
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