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corrupt

 
Adjective corrupt has 4 senses
  1. corrupt - lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
    Antonyms:
    incorrupt, antiseptic, incorruptible, uncorrupted, unspoiled
  2. crooked, corrupt - not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
  3. corrupt, corrupted - containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
    Antonym: perfect (indirect, via imperfect)
  4. corrupt, tainted - touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
    Antonyms: unrotten, unrotted (indirect, via rotten)
Verb corrupt has 4 senses
  1. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
    --1 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Derived form: noun corruption5
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. corrupt, spoil - alter from the original
    --2 is one way to modify
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
    --3 is one way to pay
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot corrupt Sue
  4. defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
    --4 is one way to mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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