Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.

    Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!

    verderben, korrumpieren

    разлагатьrazlagatʹ, развращатьrazvraščatʹ, портитьportitʹ

  2. (transitive)To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state.

    Unplugging a flash drive without dismounting it first can corrupt the data stored on the drive.

  3. To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.

    to corrupt language, or a holy text

    to corrupt a book

  4. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.

  5. (archaic, intransitive)To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot.

More definitions
  • alter from the original
  • corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  • make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
  • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

Examples

201 sentences
  1. The file is corrupt.

    Файл ушкоджений.

    ruФайл повреждён.

    deDie Datei ist beschädigt.

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  2. Do you think all officials are corrupt?

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  3. The party in power is corrupt, but the opposition is little better.

    ruПравящая партия коррумпирована, но и оппозиция не намного лучше.

    deDie Regierung ist korrupt, aber die Opposition ist kaum besser.

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  4. The party in power is corrupt, but the opposition isn't much better.

    ruПравящая партия коррумпирована, но и оппозиция не намного лучше.

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  5. Our system is corrupt.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to change from good to bad:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to change from good to bad:

Origin

From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (

From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”).

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Forms

corrupts, corrupting, corrupted, corrupted
Base formcorrupt · to corrupt
3rd person singularcorrupts
Present participlecorrupting
Past simplecorrupted
Past participlecorrupted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycorrupt
he, she, itcorrupts

Past simpleLesson

all personscorrupted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave corrupted
he, she, ithas corrupted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill corrupt

Synonyms

77 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

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