corrupt
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English corrupten < Latin corruptus, pp. of corrumpere (“‘to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe’”) < com- (“‘together’”) + rumpere (“‘to break in pieces’”).
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- Rhymes: -ʌpt
[edit] Adjective
corrupt (comparative more corrupt, superlative most corrupt)
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- 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.
[edit] Quotations
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)[1], Genesis 6:11
- The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
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[edit] Translations
in a depraved state
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with lots of errors in it
[edit] Verb
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to corrupt (third-person singular simple present corrupts, present participle corrupting, simple past and past participle corrupted)
- (transitive) 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!
[edit] Quotations
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)[2], Genesis 6:12
- And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
[edit] Translations
to change from good to bad
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[edit] References
- corrupt in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- corrupt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
