corrupt
adjective
[ kəˈrʌpt ]
• having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
• "unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials"
Similar:
dishonest,
dishonourable,
unscrupulous,
unprincipled,
amoral,
untrustworthy,
underhand,
deceitful,
double-dealing,
disreputable,
discreditable,
shameful,
scandalous,
corruptible,
bribable,
buyable,
venal,
fraudulent,
swindling,
grafting,
criminal,
lawless,
felonious,
villainous,
nefarious,
iniquitous,
malfeasant,
crooked,
shady,
tricky,
dirty,
low-down,
rascally,
scoundrelly,
bent,
dodgy,
hollow-hearted,
• (of a text or a computer database or program) made unreliable by errors or alterations.
• "a progressively corrupt magnetic record is usable nonetheless"
• (of organic or inorganic matter) in a state of decay; rotten or putrid.
• "a corrupt and rotting corpse"
corrupt
verb
• cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
• "there is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts"
Similar:
bribe,
suborn,
buy,
buy off,
pay off,
grease someone's palm,
give someone a backhander,
give someone a sweetener,
keep someone sweet,
get at,
fix,
square,
nobble,
• change or debase by making errors or unintentional alterations.
• "a backup copy will be needed if the original copy becomes corrupted"
Similar:
alter,
falsify,
manipulate,
tamper with,
interfere with,
tinker with,
doctor,
distort,
adulterate,
bastardize,
dilute,
contaminate,
taint,
cook,
fiddle,
vitiate,
• infect; contaminate.
• "the corrupting smell of death"
Origin:
Middle English: from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere ‘mar, bribe, destroy’, from cor- ‘altogether’ + rumpere ‘to break’.
