[syn: corrupt, tainted]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Corrupt \Cor*rupt"\ (k?r-r?pt"), v. i.
1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. --Bacon.
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2. To become vitiated; to lose purity or goodness.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to
pervert; to debase; to defile.
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Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1. Cor.
xv. 33.
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3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to
corrupt a judge by a bribe.
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Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge
That no king can corrupt. --Shak.
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4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations;
to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred
text.
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He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he
does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . .
yet he stops the pines. --Locke.
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5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,
where moth and rust doth corrupt. --Matt. vi.
19.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed
them. --Knolles.
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2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth,
etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased;
perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges.
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At what ease
Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt
To swear against you. --Shak.
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3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text
of the manuscript is corrupt.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
corrupt
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]