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1. Lacking in integrity
   "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
    
2. Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
   - crooked, bent [Brit]
    
3. Containing errors or alterations
   "a corrupt text"
   - corrupted
    
4. [archaic] Touched by rot or decay
   - tainted

1. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
   "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "corrupt the morals"
   - pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise [Brit], debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
    
2. Make illegal payments to in exchange for favours or influence
   - bribe, buy, grease one's palms
    
3. Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
   - defile, sully, taint, cloud
    
4. Alter from the original
   - spoil

Derived forms: corruptest, corrupting, corrupts, corrupter, corrupted

See also: bribable, corrupted, corruptible, corruption, corruptive, corruptly, corruptness, debased, depraved, dirty, dishonest, dishonorable [US], dishonourable [Brit, Cdn], honestness, honesty, immoral, imperfect, perverse, perverted, Praetorian, Pretorian, purchasable, putrid, reprobate, sneaky, sold-out, sordid, stale, underhand, underhanded, unlawful, venal, vitiated

Type of: alter, change, deflower, impair, mar, modify, pay, spoil, vitiate

Antonym: incorrupt

Encyclopedia: Corrupt