CORRUPT

corrupt

1. [Adjective]: lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam''s creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"

2. [Adjective]: not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

3. containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"

4. touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt'' is archaic"

5. [Verb]: alter from the original

6. [Verb]: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"

7. [Verb]: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone''s reputation"

8. [Verb]: 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"

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