Corrupt meaning

What does “corrupt” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“corrupt” is a verb and adjective with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.

corrupt

corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
“debauch the young people with wine and women”
“Socrates was accused of corrupting young men”
Synonymspervert subvert demoralize demoralise debauch debase profane vitiate
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
“This judge can be bought”
Synonymsbribe buy grease one's palms
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
“sully someone's reputation”
Synonymsdefile sully taint cloud
alter from the original
Synonymsspoil

lacking in integrity
“humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation”
“a corrupt and incompetent city government”
Oppositesincorrupt
not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
Synonymscrooked
containing errors or alterations
“a corrupt text”
“spoke a corrupted version of the language”
Synonymscorrupted
touched by rot or decay
“tainted bacon”
“`corrupt' is archaic”
Synonymstainted

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University