| Verb | 1. | corrupt - 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"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" infect - contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism" lead astray, lead off - teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits" whore - corrupt by lewd intercourse poison - spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office" suborn - incite to commit a crime or an evil deed; "He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife" | |
| 2. | corrupt - alter from the originalmodify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" adulterate, dilute, debase, stretch - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" | |
| 3. | corrupt - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"crime, law-breaking - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" sop - give a conciliatory gift or bribe to buy off, pay off - pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor | |
| 4. | corrupt - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" | |
| Adj. | 1. | corrupt - lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"incorrupt - free of corruption or immorality; "a policeman who was incorrupt and incorruptible" | |
| 2. | corrupt - not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasiveunlawful - contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law; "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters" | |
| 3. | corrupt - containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"imperfect - not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" | |
| 4. | corrupt - touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"rotten - having rotted or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave" | |