"corrupt" meaning in English

See corrupt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kəˈrʌpt/ Audio: en-us-corrupt.ogg [US] Forms: corrupt [positive], more corrupt [comparative], most corrupt [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If someone is corrupt, they are weak in morals; it is depraved or perverted.
    Sense id: simple-corrupt-en-adj-5bP0Q-Yf
  2. If something is corrupt, it is not correct; it is with lots of errors in it.
    Sense id: simple-corrupt-en-adj-TYIYVKSm
  3. If someone or something is corrupt, it is not pure; it is spoiled or tainted.
    Sense id: simple-corrupt-en-adj-wnXfmAGp

Verb

IPA: /kəˈrʌpt/ Audio: en-us-corrupt.ogg [US] Forms: corrupt [canonical], corrupts [third-person, singular], corrupted [past], corrupted [past, participle], corrupting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you corrupt something or someone, you make them corrupt; you change them from good to bad.
    Sense id: simple-corrupt-en-verb-k7P0PstZ
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