26984 words

corrupt

13 definitions • 16 examples
1
dishonestly using your position or power to get an advantage, especially for money:

Examples:

Both companies are under investigation for corrupt practices.
The whole system was corrupt - every official she approached wanted money before helping her.
2
morally bad:

Examples:

a corrupt society
3
When information on a computer becomes corrupt, it cannot be used because it has changed and become wrong:

Examples:

corrupt data
a corrupt file
4
to make someone or something become dishonest or immoral:

Examples:

5
to change information on a computer so that it is wrong and cannot be used:

Examples:

Most of the data on the hard drive was corrupted when the power went out.
6
dishonest and willing to use your position or power to your own advantage, esp. for money:

Examples:

It’s been called the most politically corrupt city in the nation.
7
Corrupt also means bad:

Examples:

Your philosophy is corrupt.
8
to make someone dishonest and willing to use their position or power for personal advantage, esp. to get money:

Examples:

Don’t let your friends corrupt you (= have a bad moral influence on you).
9
If information in a computer is corrupted, it is damaged and can no longer be used.
10
using your position or power dishonestly or illegally for your own advantage, especially to make money:

Examples:

a corrupt businessman/official/manager, etc. On the advice of a corrupt financial adviser, the accused understated their income by tens of thousands of dollars.
11
used to describe information on a computer that has been damaged or changed in some way and cannot be used:

Examples:

corrupt data/files
12
to influence someone into doing bad or dishonest things:

Examples:

It is said that power can corrupt people.
13
to change or damage the information on a computer file so that it cannot be used:

Examples:

Most of the data on the hard drive was corrupted.

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