corrupt

Meaning

Adj

1. Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
2. In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
4. In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot.
3. (transitive) To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state.
4. To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.

Synonyms

spoil

bribe

taint

depraved

deprave

ruin

defile

bad

👎

pervert

venal

contaminate

degenerate

debauch

immoral

debase

corrupted

pollute

vitiate

tainted

crooked

dishonest

cheat

rot

rotten

demoralize

damage

seduce

subvert

broken

spoilt

buy

🛍️

debauched

grease one’s palms

putrid

profane

putrefy

corruption

mar

wicked

dishonor

contaminated

sully

spoiled

sinful

swindle

vendible

decay

decadent

evil

blight

Translations

corrompre

corrompere

corrompu

corrotto

verderben

corromper

korrumpieren

soudoyer

korrupt

corrupto

corromper

διεφθαρμένος

bestechen

corrompre

omkopen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈɹʌpt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: corrupten

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”).