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In some senses, corrupt is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
VERBS
be | become
ADV
thoroughly, totally
The judge was totally corrupt and accepted bribes from wealthy criminals.
notoriously
The police force in that region became notoriously corrupt over several decades.
morally, politically
adj
Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
The text of the manuscript is corrupt.
It turned out that the program was corrupt - that's why it wouldn't open.
In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
with such corrupt and pestilent bread to feed them.
verb
To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot.
he entrails, which are the parts aptest to corrupt
[…] Lanfrank takes Notice of Tract. 3. Doct. 3. cap. 18. ſaying, "I have ſeen many who being full of Humours, have made an Iſſue under the Knee, before due Purgation had been premis'd; whence, by reaſon of the too great Defluxion of Humours, the Legs tumified, ſo that the cauterized Place corrupted, and a Cancer (or rather cacoethic Ulcer) was thereby made, with which great Difficulty was cur'd."
To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state.
Unplugging a flash drive without dismounting it first can corrupt the data stored on the drive.
To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
to corrupt language, or a holy text
to corrupt a book
To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt.
verb — alter from the original
verb — corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
adjective — touched by rot or decay
adjective — containing errors or alterations
adjective — not straight
The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
WiktionaryThe earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
WiktionaryAt what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you.
WiktionaryDon't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!
WiktionaryAnd God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
WiktionaryI think that there is a bad idea around in our world, and that idea is that 'power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely'. I think what really happens is that power attracts the corruptible
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In some senses, corrupt is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.