Definition of 'corrupt'

Verb

1. 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"
      Synonyms: pervert subvert demoralize demoralise debauch debase profane vitiate deprave misdirect
2. alter from the original
      Synonyms: spoil
3. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
      Synonyms: bribe buy grease one's palms
4. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
      Synonyms: defile sully taint cloud

Adjective

1. lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
      Antonyms: incorrupt
2. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
      Synonyms: crooked
      Antonyms: straight square
3. containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
      Synonyms: corrupted
4. touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
      Synonyms: tainted

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