Lexic.us

Definition of Corrupt

1. Adjective. Lacking in integrity. "A corrupt and incompetent city government"

2. Verb. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. "Corrupt the morals"

3. Adjective. Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive.

4. Verb. Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence. "Sam cannot corrupt Sue "; "This judge can be bought"

5. Adjective. Containing errors or alterations. "Spoke a corrupted version of the language"

6. Verb. Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon. "Sully someone's reputation"

7. Adjective. Touched by rot or decay. "`corrupt' is archaic"

8. Verb. Alter from the original.

Definition of Corrupt

1. a. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

2. v. t. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.

3. v. i. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.

Definition of Corrupt

1. Adjective. In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals. ¹

2. Adjective. With lots of errors in it; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state. ¹

3. Adjective. In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corrupt

1. dishonest and venal [adj -RUPTER, -RUPTEST] / to subvert the honesty or integrity of [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corrupt

corrugated corrugated board corrugated cardboard corrugated fastener corrugated iron corrugates corrugating corrugation corrugations corrugator

corrugator cutis muscle of anus corrugator muscle corrugator supercilii corrugators corrumpable corrupt (current term) corruptable corrupted corruptedly corruptedness

corrupter corrupters corruptest corrupteth corruptful corruptibility corruptible corruptibleness corruptibly corrupting

Literary usage of Corrupt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1921)
"EVERY THING THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE corrupt NATURE OW MAN 'WORTHY OF CONDEMNATION. ... You see that he places unlawful and corrupt affections not only in the ..."

2. A Guide to Election Law and the Law and Practice of Election Petitions by E. Chandos Leigh, Henry Denis Le Marchant, Yarborough Anderson, Charles Edward Ellis (1885)
"P any corrupt practices, or if he be convicted on indictment of any corrupt practice (C. & IPP Act,, ss. 4,5, & 6). It is to be noticed that the ..."

3. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1867)
"I shall briefly consider them in this place, because they devest the corrupt patron of the right of presentation, and vest a new right in the \.rown. IV. ..."

4. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1849)
"corrupt decisions of the House of Commons in election The Ayles- bury Case. ... One of the most corrupt returns was by the Bailiffs of Aylesbury. ..."

5. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1892)
"vacant unless the disqualification be removed within six months of its occurrence. corrupt §11. One who is found guilty of corrupt practices at a practices. ..."

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