1. Adjective
Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
2. Adjective
Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges.
3. Adjective
Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.
4. Verb
To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.
5. Verb
To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile.
6. Verb
To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe.
7. Verb
To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text.
8. Verb
To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
9. Verb
To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
10. Verb
To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.
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