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Meaning of corrupt

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}, {corrupt}] [ant: {square}, {straight}]
      3: containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a
         corrupted version of the language" [syn: {corrupt},
         {corrupted}]
      4: touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is
         archaic" [syn: {corrupt}, {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:
           {corrupt}, {pervert}, {subvert}, {demoralize},
           {demoralise}, {debauch}, {debase}, {profane}, {vitiate},
           {deprave}, {misdirect}]
      2: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence;
         "This judge can be bought" [syn: {bribe}, {corrupt}, {buy},
         {grease one's palms}]
      3: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
         reputation" [syn: {defile}, {sully}, {corrupt}, {taint},
         {cloud}]
      4: alter from the original [syn: {corrupt}, {spoil}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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