corrupt
Meaning
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- Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
- In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
- Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
- In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
Synonyms
grease one’s palms
make dirty
be embezzle
be venal
act dishonestly
change for the worse
make a mess of
treat badly
be a bad influence
make bad
cause to destroy
ill-shapen
badly-behaved
corrupt text
open to bribery
effete
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəˈɹʌpt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”).
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