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cor•rupt
Pronunciation: (ku-rupt'), [key] ? adj.
- guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil: a corrupt society.
- made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text.
- infected; tainted.
- decayed; putrid.
?v.t. - to destroy the integrity of; cause to be dishonest, disloyal, etc., esp. by bribery.
- to lower morally; pervert: to corrupt youth.
- to alter (a language, text, etc.) for the worse; debase.
- to mar; spoil.
- to infect; taint.
- to make putrid or putrescent.
- to subject (an attainted person) to corruption of blood.
?v.i. - to become corrupt.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.