corrupt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: corrupt	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for corrupt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corrupt adj lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government" Antonym(s): incorrupt not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive Synonym(s): crooked, corrupt Antonym(s): square, straight containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language" Synonym(s): corrupt, corrupted touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic" Synonym(s): corrupt, tainted v corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" Synonym(s): corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" Synonym(s): bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" Synonym(s): defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud alter from the original Synonym(s): corrupt, spoil
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corrupt \Cor*rupt"\ (k?r-r?pt"), v. i. 1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. --Bacon. 2. To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corrupt \Corrupt`\ (k?r-r?pt"), a. [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See {Rupture}.] 1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. Who with such corrupt* and pestilent bread would feed them. --Knolles. 2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges. At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you. --Shak. 3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corrupt \Corrupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrupting}.] 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile. Evil communications corrupt* good manners. --1. Cor. xv. 33. 3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe. Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. --Shak. 4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text. He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. --Locke. 5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. --Matt. vi. 19.