Word Meaning

corrupt definition and meaning

a. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
a. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges.
a. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.
v. t. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.
v. t. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile.
v. t. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe.
v. t. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text.
v. t. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
v. i. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
v. i. To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.

Crossword clues for corrupt

- Accepting bribes
- Depraved
- Guilty of dishonest practices
- Lacking in integrity