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corrupt
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corrupt
adj.
spoiled, tainted; immoral, dishonest; perverted
v.
cause to be dishonest; pervert; spoil, taint
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Corruption
Corruption is a form of dishonest or unethical conduct by a person entrusted with a position of authority, often to acquire personal benefit. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement, though it may also involve practices that are legal in many countries. Government, or 'political', corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain.
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corrupt
Verb
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"
(synonym) pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise
(derivation) corruption, subversion
2. alter from the original
(synonym) spoil
(hypernym) modify
(hyponym) adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
3. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
(synonym) bribe, buy, grease one's palms
(hypernym) pay
(hyponym) sop
(classification) crime, law-breaking
4. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
(synonym) defile, sully, taint, cloud
(hypernym) mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
Adjective
1. lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
(antonym) incorrupt
(similar) Augean
(attribute) corruptness, corruption
2. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
(synonym) crooked
(similar) dishonest, unscrupulous
(see-also) dishonest, dishonorable
(attribute) honesty, honestness
3. containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
(synonym) corrupted
(similar) imperfect
4. touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
(synonym) tainted
(similar) rotten
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corrupt
adj.
corrupt, dishonest
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corrupt
příd.jm.
zkorumpovaný; poškozený; pozměněný
v.
korumpovat; kazit; poškodit; pozměnit
