
corrupt
adj 1: lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be
corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt
and incompetent city government" [ant: {incorrupt}]
2: not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive [syn: {crooked}]
[ant: {straight}]
3: containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a
corrupted version of the language" [syn: {corrupted}]
4: touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is
archaic" [syn: {tainted}]
v 1: 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" [syn: {pervert},
{subvert}, {demoralize}, {demoralise}, {debauch}, {debase},
{profane}, {vitiate}, {deprave}, {misdirect}]
2: alter from the original [syn: {spoil}]
3: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or
influence; "This judge can be bought" [syn: {bribe}, {buy},
{grease one's palms}]
4: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
reputation" [syn: {defile}, {sully}, {taint}, {cloud}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0