Word
Corrupt
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
cor-rupt
Definition
- a. - Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted;
vitiated; unsound.
- a. - Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth,
etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as,
corrupt language; corrupt judges.
- a. - Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text
of the manuscript is corrupt.
- v. t. - To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state;
to make putrid; to putrefy.
- v. t. - To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to
pervert; to debase; to defile.
- v. t. - To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as,
to corrupt a judge by a bribe.
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