Meaning of corrupt | Babel Free
Definitions
- Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes
- To become corrupt.
- In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals
- to make or become evil or bad. He was corrupted by the bad influence of two friends. korrupteer يُفسِد покварявам (се) corromper zkazit (se) verderben fordærve; ødelægge διαφθείρωcorromper moraalselt rikkuma گمراه کردن؛ هرزه شدن turmella corrompre לְהַשחִית भ्रष्ट हो जाना pokvariti elront menjadi jahat atau rusak spilla corrompere 堕落させる 망가지다 (su)gadinti, (su)gesti samaitāt; demoralizēt; uzpirkt terpengaruh corrumperenforderve, demoralisere, korrumperepsuć, demoralizować فاسد ،چټلول، ككړه ول: ...
- Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state
- omkoopbaar مُمكِن إفْسادُه подкупен corrompível zkazitelný, podplatitelný verderblich, bestechlich korrumperende δωροδοκήσιμος, που μπορεί να διαφθαρεί corruptible äraostetav فاسد شدنی؛ فساد پذیر lahjottavissa corruptible שְׁאֶפשָר לְהַשחִיתוֹ क्षयशील kvarljiv romlandó; megvesztegethető bisa dikorup spillanlegur; mútuþægni corruttibile 腐りやすい 타락, 부패하기 쉬운 paperkamas, pasiduodantis korupcijai samaitājams; uzpērkams mudah rosak akhlak omkoopbaar, bederfelijk bestikkelig przekupny فاسد شول corromp...
- In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound
- omkoopbaarheid قابليَّـة الإفْـساد продажност corruptibilidade zkazitelnost, podplatitelnost die Verdorbenheit korrupthed τάση προς τη διαφθορά corruptibilidad äraostetavus تباهی؛ فساد lahjottavuus corruptibilitéהשחתה भ्रष्टता pokvarenost romlandóság; megvesztegethetőség kecurangan veikleiki fyrir spillingu; mútþægni corruttibilità 堕落性 타락성, 부패성 paperkamumas pērkamība kerosakan akhlak omkoopbaarheid, bederfelijkheidbestikkelighetprzekupstwo فساد corruptibilidade coruptibilitate коррумпированно...
- To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert
- Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
- Venal or dishonest: a corrupt mayor.
- Containing errors or alterations, especially ones that prevent proper understanding or use: a corrupt translation; a corrupt computer file.
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Archaic Tainted; putrid. Archaic
- To ruin morally; pervert: "The argument that modern life consists of a menu of horrors by which we are corrupted ... is a founding idea of the critique of modernity" (Susan Sontag).
- To destroy or subvert the honesty or integrity of, as by offering bribes: "Our politics has been corrupted by money and suffused with meanness" (Peter Edelman).
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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