corrupt
Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
Other meanings
In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
“The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.”
Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
“The text of the manuscript is corrupt.”
Related words
- corrupt practice
- corruptician
- corruptless
- corruptly
- corruptness
- corruptocracy
- incorrupt
- noncorrupt
- uncorrupt
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "corruptus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “corrupt” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.