Corrupt (1999 film)
WordNet
adjective
(1) Lacking in integrity
"Humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"
"A corrupt and incompetent city government"
(2) Touched by rot or decay
"Tainted bacon"
"`corrupt' is archaic"
(3) Containing errors or alterations
"A corrupt text"
"Spoke a corrupted version of the language"
(4) Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
verb
(5) Alter from the original
(6) Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
"Sully someone's reputation"
(7) Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
"This judge can be bought"
(8) 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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Etymology
From corrupten < corruptus, pp. of < + .
Adjective
- In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
- The Government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
- With lots of errors in it; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
- The text of the manuscript is corrupt.
- It turned out that the program was corrupt - that's why it wouldn't open.
- In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
- Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them.
Quotations
, Genesis 6:11-
- The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
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!
Quotations
, Genesis 6:12-
- And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.