corrupt
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /kəˈɹʌpt/
corrupt
- In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
- The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 6:11 ↗:
- The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- 1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene i]:
- Abounding in errors; 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.
- French: corrompu, dévoyé
- German: korrupt
- Italian: corrotto
- Portuguese: corrupto
- Russian: коррумпи́рованный
- Spanish: corrupto
- Spanish: corrupto
corrupt (corrupts, present participle corrupting; 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!
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 6:12 ↗:
- And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
- (intransitive) To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
- To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify.
- to corrupt language, or a holy text
- To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Matthew 6:19 ↗:
- Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt.
- French: corrompre
- German: verderben, korrumpieren
- Italian: corrompere
- Portuguese: corromper
- Russian: разлагать
- Spanish: corromper
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