Corrupt - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
corrupt the morals
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon (syn: cloud, defile, sully, taint)
- alter from the original (syn: spoil)
adjective
spoke a corrupted version of the language
Extra examples
Their idealism has been corrupted by cynicism.
The file has been corrupted and no longer works properly.
The country's justice system is riddled with corrupt judges who accept bribes.
Corrupt judges have taken millions of dollars in bribes.
Young prisoners are being corrupted by the older, long-term offenders.
They say power corrupts.
The culture has been corrupted by Western influences.
Latin nigromantia is a corrupt form of necromantia.
Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
'corrupt' is archaic
The economy has been weakened by corrupt officials who have appropriated the country's resources for their own use.
Corrupt leaders were chosen in a fraudulent election.
...a moralist who decried what she regarded as the licentious and corrupt culture of the entertainment industry...
The economy has been weakened by the appropriation of the country's resources by corrupt officials.
...the noble savage was a stereotype that appealed to 18th-century intellectuals, who viewed European civilization as decadent and corrupt...
Word forms
I/you/we/they: corrupt
he/she/it: corrupts
present participle: corrupting
past tense: corrupted
past participle: corrupted
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