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corroupt

corroupt is the archaic form of corrupt.

Meaning of corrupt

Adjective

corrupt (comparative more corrupt, superlative most corrupt)

  1. Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
  2. In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
    • The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
  3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
    • The text of the manuscript is corrupt.
  4. In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
    • with such corrupt and pestilent bread to feed them.1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC

See all 9 meanings of corrupt

Forms of corroupt

comparativemore corroupt
superlativemost corroupt

Questions about corroupt

What is corroupt the archaic form of?
Corroupt is the archaic form of corrupt.

Words near corroupt in the dictionary

  1. corrosively
  2. corrosiveness
  3. corrosives
  4. corrosivity
  5. Corrothers
  6. corroupt
  7. Corrour
  8. corroval
  9. corrovaline
  10. Corrowong
  11. corrs

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