Definitions for corrupt

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corrupt cor·rupt

Spelling: [kuh-ruhpt]

IPA: /kəˈrʌpt/

Corrupt is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in corrupt (coprrtu).

Definitions for corrupt

adjective

1. guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked:
2. debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil:
3. made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text.
4. infected; tainted.
5. decayed; putrid.

verb (used with object)

1. to destroy the integrity of; cause to be dishonest, disloyal, etc., especially by bribery.
2. to lower morally; pervert:
3. to alter (a language, text, etc.) for the worse; debase.
4. to mar; spoil.
5. to infect; taint.
6. to make putrid or putrescent.
7. English Law. to subject (an attainted person) to corruption of blood.

verb (used without object)

1. to become corrupt.

Origin of corrupt

1250-1300; Middle English (Anglo-French) Latin corruptus broken in pieces, corrupted (past participle of corrumpere), equivalent to cor- cor- + rup- (variant stem of r

Examples for corrupt

The earth is corrupt, science only serves to show its rottenness.

Preening, arrogant, vindictive, and inexorable; awash with cash; corrupt; in bed with corporate America and big finance.

Halloway is honest and clean, at least, while McCune is corrupt to the bone.

I "run down" the accountant because he was either ignorant or corrupt.

Nevertheless, we will have it done, lest their bad example should corrupt the other hogs.

So, is Rampal really that different from a corrupt, charismatic megachurch leader felled by scandal?

The noble people will be nobly ruled, and the ignorant and corrupt ignobly.

That suggestion turns absurd when you consider the long list of corrupt Democrat politicians Lynch has sent to prison.

To the contrary, he had established a reputation for taking on corrupt political bosses and powerful corporations.

This corrupt bargain results in a decade-long stasis, with far-reaching implications.