corrupt
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Definition of 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"
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" alter from the original lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government" not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language" touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic" |