corrupt
corrupt Lexical Profile
corrupt Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain, especially by abusing a position of power or authority.
"The investigation uncovered a network of corrupt officials who had been accepting bribes for years."
Morally degenerate, wicked, or perverted.
"The novel portrays a decadent and morally corrupt society on the brink of collapse."
Containing errors or alterations that render it unreliable or unusable (especially of a scholarly text or computer data).
"The technician could not open the document because the hard drive contained several corrupt files."
• verb
To cause someone to act dishonestly or immorally, especially by offering bribes or exploiting a position of power.
"Historians have long observed that unchecked authority tends to corrupt even well-intentioned leaders."
To alter, debase, or taint something from its original, pure, or proper state.
"Purists argued that commercial sponsorships would corrupt the artistic integrity of the festival."
To introduce errors into digital data or a text during transmission, storage, or copying.
"A sudden power outage during the system update may corrupt the database."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corruptus, the past participle of corrumpere ('to destroy, spoil, or bribe'), formed from the intensive prefix com- ('altogether') and rumpere ('to break').