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- pronunciation:
- k
ruhpt
- parts of speech:
- adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
dishonest, disloyal, unjust, or otherwise immoral.
He'd once been a good and honest man, but now he was a corrupt swindler.- synonyms:
- degenerate, dishonest, immoral, reprobate, rotten, unprincipled, unscrupulous
- antonyms:
- honest, honorable, just, moral, righteous, upright
- similar words:
- abusive, bad, base, crooked, debauched, degraded, dirty, disloyal, dissolute, impure, licentious, perverted, profligate, sinful, unjust, untrustworthy, venal, wicked
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| definition 2: |
lacking integrity; able to be bribed.
The corrupt politician was perfectly happy to accept the bribe.- synonyms:
- crooked, dishonest, shady, venal
- antonyms:
- honest, innocent
- similar words:
- bad, immoral, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous
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| definition 3: |
contaminated or infected.
The blood samples are corrupt and are of no use now.- synonyms:
- contaminated, impure
- similar words:
- adulterated, polluted, tainted
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| definition 4: |
decayed or decaying; spoiled; rotten.
- synonyms:
- bad, decayed, decaying, decomposing, putrefied, putrefying, putrescent, rotten, rotting, spoiled
- antonyms:
- unspoiled
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| definition 5: |
containing errors; altered from the original.
a corrupt text- similar words:
- adulterated, altered, inaccurate, perverted
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| related words: |
dishonest, disreputable, effete, evil, foul, hack, improper, infamous, loose, miscreant, perverse, sordid, venal, vile, worthless |
adverb + (adj.)corrupt
allegedly, deeply, fundamentally, hopelessly, increasingly, inherently, largely, less, morally, notoriously, politically, sexually, thoroughly, totally
(adj.)corrupt
+ noun
act,
administration,
administrator,
boss,
broker,
bureaucracy,
bureaucrat,
businessman,
cleric,
contractor,
cop,
corruption,
custom,
dealer,
dealing,
developer,
dictator,
dictatorship,
elite,
empire,
enforcement,
governance,
government,
indictment,
institution,
intent,
judge,
leader,
leadership,
lobbyist,
mafia,
narcotic,
officer,
official,
organization,
police,
policeman,
politics,
practice,
priest,
privilege,
profession,
regime,
rule,
ruler,
scheme,
sheriff,
transaction,
tyranny,
union
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
corrupts, corrupting, corrupted |
| definition 1: |
to damage or destroy the moral character of; cause to become dishonest, disloyal, unjust, or otherwise immoral.
Unlike some others, he was not corrupted by the brutality he suffered at the hands of the guards.He had never done anything dishonest before, but his friends corrupted him.- synonyms:
- debase, degrade, demoralize, pervert, subvert
- antonyms:
- chasten, purge
- similar words:
- debauch, deprave, infect, mislead, poison, pollute, rot, ruin, seduce, spoil, taint, tarnish, warp
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| definition 2: |
to influence (a public official) improperly, esp. by bribery.
The upright police officer could not be corrupted with offers of money.- synonyms:
- bribe, buy off, pay off
- similar words:
- graft, grease someone's palm, suborn
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| definition 3: |
to contaminate or infect.
- synonyms:
- contaminate
- antonyms:
- purify
- similar words:
- adulterate, defile, infect, pollute, taint, warp
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| definition 4: |
to cause to spoil or rot.
- synonyms:
- decay, decompose, putrefy, rot
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| definition 5: |
to make alterations, usu. errors, in the original or correct version of (a text, language, or the like).
- similar words:
- adulterate, alter, debase
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| related words: |
canker, color, corrode, mine, murder, pervert, poison, profane, putrefy, soil, violate, vitiate |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to become corrupt.
- similar words:
- decay, rot, ruin, taint, tarnish
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| related words: |
warp |
adverb + (v.)corrupt
easily, somehow
(v.)corrupt
+ adverb
absolutely
(v.)corrupt
+ noun
data, evil, file, greed, influence, language, moral, politician, process, system, youth
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| derivations: |
corruptive (adj.), corruptedly (adv.), corruptly (adv.), corruptedness (n.), corrupter (n.), corruptness (n.) |
The word corrupt
contains the following parts:
cor-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix cor-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with "r." See com-.
Example words:
rupt
Latin
root
that means to break, burst
Example words:
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