"corrupt" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kəˈɹʌpt/ Audio: en-us-corrupt.ogg Forms: more corrupt [comparative], most corrupt [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌpt Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*Hrewp-}}, {{inh|en|enm|corrupten}} Middle English corrupten, {{der|en|la|corruptus}} Latin corruptus Head templates: {{en-adj}} corrupt (comparative more corrupt, superlative most corrupt)
  1. Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
    Sense id: en-corrupt-en-adj-yHyLvJke
  2. In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals. Translations (in a depraved state): مُرْتَشٍ (murtašin) (Arabic), فَاسِد (fāsid) (Arabic), карумпава́ны (karumpavány) (Belarusian), карумпі́раваны (karumpíravany) (Belarusian), прада́жны (pradážny) (Belarusian), покваре́н (pokvarén) (Bulgarian), корумпи́ран (korumpíran) (Bulgarian), corrupte (Catalan), zkažený (Czech), zkorumpovaný (Czech), korrupt (Danish), corrupt (Dutch), verdorven (Dutch), turmeltunut (Finnish), korruptoitunut (Finnish), corrompu (French), dévoyé (French), corrupto (Galician), korrupt (German), διεφθαρμένος (dieftharménos) (Greek), מושחת (mushkhat) (Hebrew), बेईमान (beīmān) (Hindi), भ्रष्ट (bhraṣṭ) (Hindi), korrupt (Hungarian), corrotto [masculine] (Italian), ពុករលួយ (puk rɔluəy) (Khmer), corruptus (Latin), korrupt (Norwegian Bokmål), korrupt (Norwegian Nynorsk), skorumpowany [masculine] (Polish), corrupto (Portuguese), corupt (Romanian), коррумпи́рованный (korrumpírovannyj) (Russian), прода́жный (prodážnyj) (Russian), olc (Scottish Gaelic), meallta (Scottish Gaelic), breun (Scottish Gaelic), corrupto (Spanish), korrupt (Swedish), tiwali (Tagalog), korap (Tagalog), kurakot [informal] (Tagalog), yoz (Turkish), yozlaşmış (Turkish), bozulmuş (Turkish), корумпо́ваний (korumpóvanyj) (Ukrainian), прода́жний (prodážnyj) (Ukrainian), tham nhũng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-corrupt-en-adj-gqG2bnUB Disambiguation of 'in a depraved state': 0 72 11 17
  3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state. Translations (with lots of errors in it): сапсава́ны (sapsavány) (Belarusian), сапсу́ты (sapsúty) (Belarusian), развале́н (razvalén) (Bulgarian), corrupte (Catalan), porušený (Czech), korruptoitunut (Finnish), अशुद्ध (aśuddh) (Hindi), त्रुटिपूर्ण (truṭipūrṇ) (Hindi), hāmate (note: of a computer) (Maori), zepsuty (Polish), испо́рченный (ispórčennyj) (Russian), повреждённый (povreždjónnyj) (Russian), corrupto (Spanish), bozuk (Turkish), bozulmuş (Turkish), hatalı (Turkish), зіпсо́ваний (zipsóvanyj) (Ukrainian)
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  4. In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
    Sense id: en-corrupt-en-adj--P2BQcKG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: corrupted, corrumpt [archaic], corrump [obsolete], corroupt [rare] Derived forms: corruptician, corruptless, corruptly, corruptness, corruptocracy, corrupt practice, incorrupt, noncorrupt, uncorrupt

Verb

IPA: /kəˈɹʌpt/ Audio: en-us-corrupt.ogg Forms: corrupts [present, singular, third-person], corrupting [participle, present], corrupted [participle, past], corrupted [past]
Rhymes: -ʌpt Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*Hrewp-}}, {{inh|en|enm|corrupten}} Middle English corrupten, {{der|en|la|corruptus}} Latin corruptus Head templates: {{en-verb}} corrupt (third-person singular simple present corrupts, present participle corrupting, simple past and past participle corrupted)
  1. (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert. Tags: transitive Translations (to change from good to bad): φθείρω (phtheírō) (Ancient Greek), أَفْسَدَ (ʔafsada) (Arabic), pozmaq (Azerbaijani), korlamaq [colloquial] (Azerbaijani), развалям (razvaljam) (Bulgarian), развращавам (razvraštavam) (Bulgarian), corrompre (Catalan), zkazit (Czech), narušit (Czech), verderven (Dutch), verworden (Dutch), korupti (Esperanto), turmella (Finnish), korruptoida (Finnish), corrompre (French), corromper (Galician), malvar (Galician), verderben (German), korrumpieren (German), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (frawardjan) (Gothic), 𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (riurjan) (Gothic), διαφθείρω (diaftheíro) (Greek), השחית (hishkhít) (Hebrew), भ्रंश (bhrañś) [masculine] (Hindi), truailligh (Irish), éilligh (Irish), corrompere (Italian), 堕落させる (daraku saseru) (alt: だらくさせる) (Japanese), ពុករលួយ (puk rɔluəy) (Khmer), corrumpō (Latin), dēprāvō (Latin), whakatautauhea (Maori), whakatautauwhea (Maori), whakakonuka (Maori), kōrapurapu (Maori), hāmate (english: refers to computers) (Maori), corrompre (Occitan), بوزمق (bozmak) (Ottoman Turkish), corromper (Portuguese), adulterêr (Romagnol), corupe (Romanian), разлагать (razlagatʹ) (Russian), развращать (razvraščatʹ) (Russian), портить (portitʹ) (Russian), corromper (Spanish), fördärva (Swedish), bozmak (Turkish), bozulmak (Turkish), yozlaşmak (Turkish), yozlaştırmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-corrupt-en-verb-77wKsU2v Disambiguation of 'to change from good to bad': 99 0 1 0 0
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot. Tags: archaic, intransitive Categories (topical): Corruption
    Sense id: en-corrupt-en-verb-GRbJSUVp Disambiguation of Corruption: 7 21 3 2 5 51 4 6 1
  3. (transitive) To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-corrupt-en-verb-MGagL7dw
  4. To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
    Sense id: en-corrupt-en-verb-xui6N14X
  5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
    Sense id: en-corrupt-en-verb-pAnWC3u9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: corrumpt [archaic], corrump [obsolete], corroupt [rare] Derived forms: corruptable, corruptee, corruptful, corruptingly, corruptive, corruptor, noncorrupting, recorrupt, uncorrupting Related terms: corruptible, corruption, incorruptible

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 6:11:",
          "text": "The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.",
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          "ref": "1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:",
          "text": "At what ease\nMight corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt\nTo swear against you.",
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          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "покваре́н"
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          "word": "zkažený"
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "korrupt"
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          "sense": "in a depraved state",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "verdorven"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "turmeltunut"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "korruptoitunut"
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          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "corrompu"
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          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "dévoyé"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "corrupto"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "korrupt"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dieftharménos",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "διεφθαρμένος"
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          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mushkhat",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "מושחת"
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          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "beīmān",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "बेईमान"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bhraṣṭ",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "भ्रष्ट"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "korrupt"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
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          "word": "corrotto"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "puk rɔluəy",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "ពុករលួយ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "corruptus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "korrupt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "korrupt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "skorumpowany"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "corrupto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "corupt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "korrumpírovannyj",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "коррумпи́рованный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prodážnyj",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "прода́жный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "olc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "meallta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "breun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "corrupto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "korrupt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "tiwali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "korap"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "kurakot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
          "word": "yoz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 72 11 17",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "in a depraved state",
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          "text": "Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!",
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          "text": "And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.",
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          "roman": "razvraštavam",
          "sense": "to change from good to bad",
          "word": "развращавам"
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          "sense": "to change from good to bad",
          "word": "corrompre"
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          "word": "zkazit"
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          "word": "verderven"
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          "word": "turmella"
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          "text": "he entrails, which are the parts aptest to corrupt",
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          "text": "[…] Lanfrank takes Notice of Tract. 3. Doct. 3. cap. 18. ſaying, \"I have ſeen many who being full of Humours, have made an Iſſue under the Knee, before due Purgation had been premis'd; whence, by reaſon of the too great Defluxion of Humours, the Legs tumified, ſo that the cauterized Place corrupted, and a Cancer (or rather cacoethic Ulcer) was thereby made, with which great Difficulty was cur'd.\"",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "korrupt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dieftharménos",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "διεφθαρμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mushkhat",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "מושחת"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "beīmān",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "बेईमान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhraṣṭ",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "भ्रष्ट"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "korrupt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corrotto"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "puk rɔluəy",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "ពុករលួយ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "corruptus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "korrupt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "korrupt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skorumpowany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "corrupto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "corupt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "korrumpírovannyj",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "коррумпи́рованный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prodážnyj",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "прода́жный"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "olc"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "meallta"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "breun"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "corrupto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "korrupt"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "tiwali"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "korap"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kurakot"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "yoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "yozlaşmış"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "bozulmuş"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "korumpóvanyj",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "корумпо́ваний"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prodážnyj",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "прода́жний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in a depraved state",
      "word": "tham nhũng"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sapsavány",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "сапсава́ны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sapsúty",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "сапсу́ты"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razvalén",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "развале́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "corrupte"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "porušený"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "korruptoitunut"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "aśuddh",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "अशुद्ध"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "truṭipūrṇ",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "त्रुटिपूर्ण"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of a computer",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "hāmate"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "zepsuty"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispórčennyj",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "испо́рченный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "povreždjónnyj",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "повреждённый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "corrupto"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "bozuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "bozulmuş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "hatalı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zipsóvanyj",
      "sense": "with lots of errors in it",
      "word": "зіпсо́ваний"
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      "word": "corruptable"
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      "word": "corruptingly"
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          "text": "Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 6:12:",
          "text": "And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.",
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          "ref": "1985 April 17, Frank Herbert, 34:18 from the start, in Frank Herbert speaking at UCLA 4/17/1985, UCLACommStudies, archived from the original on 2017-02-10:",
          "text": "I think that there is a bad idea around in our world, and that idea is that 'power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely'. I think what really happens is that power attracts the corruptible.",
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          "ref": "1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "he entrails, which are the parts aptest to corrupt",
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          "ref": "1732, George Smith, Institutiones Chirurgicæ: or, Principles of Surgery, … To which is Annexed, a Chirurgical Dispensatory, …, London: Printed [by William Bowyer] for Henry Lintot, at the Cross-Keys against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, →OCLC, page 254:",
          "text": "[…] Lanfrank takes Notice of Tract. 3. Doct. 3. cap. 18. ſaying, \"I have ſeen many who being full of Humours, have made an Iſſue under the Knee, before due Purgation had been premis'd; whence, by reaſon of the too great Defluxion of Humours, the Legs tumified, ſo that the cauterized Place corrupted, and a Cancer (or rather cacoethic Ulcer) was thereby made, with which great Difficulty was cur'd.\"",
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          "text": "to corrupt language, or a holy text",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 6:19:",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔafsada",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "أَفْسَدَ"
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      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "pozmaq"
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      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
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      "word": "korlamaq"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razvaljam",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "развалям"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razvraštavam",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "развращавам"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "corrompre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "zkazit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "narušit"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "verderven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "verworden"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "korupti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "turmella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "korruptoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "corrompre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "corromper"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "malvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "verderben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "korrumpieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "frawardjan",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "riurjan",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diaftheíro",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "διαφθείρω"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phtheírō",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "φθείρω"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hishkhít",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "השחית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhrañś",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "भ्रंश"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "truailligh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "éilligh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "corrompere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だらくさせる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daraku saseru",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "堕落させる"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "puk rɔluəy",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "ពុករលួយ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "corrumpō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "dēprāvō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "whakatautauhea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "whakatautauwhea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "whakakonuka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "kōrapurapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "refers to computers",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "hāmate"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "corrompre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bozmak",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "بوزمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "corromper"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "adulterêr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "corupe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razlagatʹ",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "разлагать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvraščatʹ",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "развращать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "portitʹ",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "портить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "corromper"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "fördärva"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "bozmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "bozulmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "yozlaşmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to change from good to bad",
      "word": "yozlaştırmak"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "corrupt"
  ],
  "word": "corrupt"
}

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