corrupt

Verb

Verb Forms: corrupted, corrupting, corrupts

To subvert the honesty or integrity of someone or something.
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"
- "corrupt the morals"
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
alter from the original
To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot.
To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state.
To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.

Adjective

Dishonest, venal, or morally depraved.
lacking in integrity
- "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"
- "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

Adjective Satellite

containing errors or alterations
- "a corrupt text"
- "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
touched by rot or decay
- "`corrupt' is archaic"

Adj

Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

Examples

A CORRUPT player might try to sneak in a misspelled word during a casual game.
Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!
It turned out that the program was corrupt - that's why it wouldn't open.
Repeatedly using obscure words can CORRUPT the fun of a friendly Words With Friends game.
The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
The text of the manuscript is corrupt.
to corrupt a book
to corrupt language, or a holy text
Unplugging a flash drive without dismounting it first can corrupt the data stored on the drive.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”).

Synonyms

bribe, buy, cloud, corrupted, crooked, debase, debauch, defile, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, grease one's palms, misdirect, pervert, profane, spoil, subvert, sully, taint, tainted, vitiate

Antonyms

incorrupt, straight

Scrabble Score: 11

corrupt: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
corrupt: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
corrupt: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

corrupt: valid Words With Friends Word