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Meaning of corrupt | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

Definitions

  1. Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes
  2. To become corrupt.
  3. In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals
  4. 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: ...
  5. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state
  6. 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...
  7. In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound
  8. 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...
  9. To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert
  10. Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
  11. Venal or dishonest: a corrupt mayor.
  12. Containing errors or alterations, especially ones that prevent proper understanding or use: a corrupt translation; a corrupt computer file.
  13. Archaic Tainted; putrid.
    Archaic
  14. 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).
  15. 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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