Meaning of "corrupt" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CORRUPT

From Latin corruptus spoiled, from corrumpere to ruin, literally: break to pieces, from rumpere to break.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CORRUPT

corrupt  [kəˈrʌpt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORRUPT

Corrupt is a verb and can also act as an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb corrupt in English.

WHAT DOES CORRUPT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Corruption

In philosophical, theological, or moral discussions, corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement. Government, or 'political', corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain. The word corrupt when used as an adjective literally means "utterly broken". The word was first used by Aristotle and later by Cicero who added the terms bribe and abandonment of good habits. Morris, a professor of politics, corruption is the illegitimate use of public power to benefit a private interest. Economist I. Senior defines corruption as an action to secretly provide a good or a service to a third party so that he or she can influence certain actions which benefit the corrupt, a third party, or both in which the corrupt agent has authority.

Definition of corrupt in the English dictionary

The first definition of corrupt in the dictionary is lacking in integrity; open to or involving bribery or other dishonest practices. Other definition of corrupt is morally depraved. Corrupt is also putrid or rotten.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CORRUPT

PRESENT

Present

I corrupt

you corrupt

he/she/it corrupts

we corrupt

you corrupt

they corrupt

Present continuous

I am corrupting

you are corrupting

he/she/it is corrupting

we are corrupting

you are corrupting

they are corrupting

Present perfect

I have corrupted

you have corrupted

he/she/it has corrupted

we have corrupted

you have corrupted

they have corrupted

Present perfect continuous

I have been corrupting

you have been corrupting

he/she/it has been corrupting

we have been corrupting

you have been corrupting

they have been corrupting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I corrupted

you corrupted

he/she/it corrupted

we corrupted

you corrupted

they corrupted

Past continuous

I was corrupting

you were corrupting

he/she/it was corrupting

we were corrupting

you were corrupting

they were corrupting

Past perfect

I had corrupted

you had corrupted

he/she/it had corrupted

we had corrupted

you had corrupted

they had corrupted

Past perfect continuous

I had been corrupting

you had been corrupting

he/she/it had been corrupting

we had been corrupting

you had been corrupting

they had been corrupting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will corrupt

you will corrupt

he/she/it will corrupt

we will corrupt

you will corrupt

they will corrupt

Future continuous

I will be corrupting

you will be corrupting

he/she/it will be corrupting

we will be corrupting

you will be corrupting

they will be corrupting

Future perfect

I will have corrupted

you will have corrupted

he/she/it will have corrupted

we will have corrupted

you will have corrupted

they will have corrupted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been corrupting

you will have been corrupting

he/she/it will have been corrupting

we will have been corrupting

you will have been corrupting

they will have been corrupting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would corrupt

you would corrupt

he/she/it would corrupt

we would corrupt

you would corrupt

they would corrupt

Conditional continuous

I would be corrupting

you would be corrupting

he/she/it would be corrupting

we would be corrupting

you would be corrupting

they would be corrupting

Conditional perfect

I would have corrupt

you would have corrupt

he/she/it would have corrupt

we would have corrupt

you would have corrupt

they would have corrupt

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been corrupting

you would have been corrupting

he/she/it would have been corrupting

we would have been corrupting

you would have been corrupting

they would have been corrupting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you corrupt
we let´s corrupt
you corrupt

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to corrupt

Past participle

corrupted

Present Participle

corrupting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CORRUPT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «corrupt» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of corrupt

abandoned · adulterate · bent · bribable · bribe · buy off · contaminate · contaminated · crooked · debase · debased · debauch · decayed · defile · degenerate · demoralize · demoralized · deprave · depraved · dishonest · dissolute · distort · distorted · doctor · falsified · fix · fraudulent · infect · infected · pervert · polluted · profligate · putrefy · putrescent · putrid · rotten · shady · spoil · square · suborn · subvert · taint · tainted · unethical · unprincipled · unscrupulous · venal · vicious · vitiate

TRANSLATION OF CORRUPT

Find out the translation of corrupt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of corrupt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «corrupt» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 腐败的
• Translator English - Spanish: corrupto
• English: corrupt
• Translator English - Hindi: भ्रष्ट
• Translator English - Arabic: فَاسِد
• Translator English - Russian: порочный
• Translator English - Portuguese: corrupto
• Translator English - Bengali: দূষিত
• Translator English - French: corrompu
• Translator English - Malay: Rasuah
• Translator English - German: korrupt
• Translator English - Japanese: 腐敗した
• Translator English - Korean: 타락한
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngrusak
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tham nhũng
• Translator English - Tamil: ஊழல்
• Translator English - Marathi: भ्रष्ट
• Translator English - Turkish: yozlaşmış
• Translator English - Italian: corrotto
• Translator English - Polish: skorumpowany
• Translator English - Ukrainian: продажний
• Translator English - Romanian: corupt
• Translator English - Greek: διεφθαρμένος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: korrupte
• Translator English - Swedish: korrumperad
• Translator English - Norwegian: korrupt

10 QUOTES WITH «CORRUPT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word corrupt.

1

Jon Anderson

There's so much corruption in America; there's so much corruption around the world. It's all coming to the surface thanks to the Internet, and thanks to the younger people who are saying, 'We don't like corrupt people.'

2

Ginger Baker

I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world.

3

Bob Barr

Chicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture. Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere in the country.

4

Glenn Beck

People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the truth shall always set you free.

5

Chetan Bhagat

While I am a capitalist at heart and I have no problems with commercialization as such, I believe that while it's okay if education becomes a profitable business, it's not okay if it becomes corrupt.

6

Hall Caine

That cry of the soul to be lifted out of the bondage of the narrow circle of life, which carries up to God the protest and yearning of suffering man, never finds a more sublime expression than where humanity is oppressed and religion is corrupt.

7

P. Chidambaram

Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it.

8

Jacques Chirac

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.

9

Nick Clegg

For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own backyards. It is time to end the injustice where ordinary people are silent witnesses, left to suffer without basic services, as the profits from their countries' assets are hidden and plundered by corrupt regimes.

10

Enrico Colantoni

We watch so many TV shows and movies about jaded or corrupt policemen, we forget people join the police force to do good, and they really care about that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORRUPT»

Discover the use of corrupt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to corrupt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Corrupt Circles: A History of Unbound Graft in Peru

In Corrupt Circles Alfonso W. Quiroz gives a definitive and thorough history of Peruvian corruption that dates back to the country’s colonial period.

Alfonso W. Quiroz, 2008

Corrupt City 2

You won't be able to put this book down until you unveil all the clues.

Tra Verdejo, 2011

Our Corrupt Legal System

Looks at the adversary system used in Britain and its former colonies, including Australia, the US, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa.

Evan Whitton, 2010

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: A Practical Resource for ...

A thoroughly pragmatic guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) This is a critical FCPA training resource for executives, managers, sales, marketing, finance and accounting personnel, as well as high level professionals.

Aaron G. Murphy, 2010

Corrupt Cities: A Practical Guide to Cure and Prevention

This book is designed to help citizens and public officials diagnose, investigate and prevent various kinds of corrupt and illicit behaviour.

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Corrupt Exchanges: Actors, Resources, and Mechanisms of ...

The book will serve both as a theoretical approach to a political problem of large bearing on democratic institutions and a descriptive warning of a system in peril.

Donatella Della Porta, Alberto Vannucci, 1999

Corrupt Histories

An examination of the meaning and effects of corruption in 18th to 20th Century history.

Emmanuel Kreike, William C. Jordan, 2004

Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, ...

"Powerful and disturbing. No one who cares about the future of our public life can afford to ignore this book."—Jackson Lears A powerful sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling Jihad vs.

Benjamin R. Barber, 2008

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Guidebook: ...

This is the best overall presentation of the FCPA between two covers that I have ever seen." —Richard L. Cassin, Founding Partner, Cassin Law LLC, and creator of the widely read FCPA Blog "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance ...

Martin T. Biegelman, Daniel R. Biegelman, 2010

The Puppet Masters: How the Corrupt Use Legal Structures to ...

This report examines the use of these entities in nearly all cases of corruption.

Emile van der Does de Willebois, J.C. Sharman, Robert Harrison, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORRUPT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term corrupt is used in the context of the following news items.

London estate agents caught on camera dealing with 'corrupt …

Top estate agents in Britain's wealthiest postcodes are willing to turn a blind eye to apparent money laundering by corrupt foreign buyers, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

True Detective season 2 based on the very real California city of …

Fans of True Detective who are disappointed in the new season of the wildly popular HBO drama may be surprised to know that the corrupt city ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

RGV Most Corrupt Area in U.S.

The Rio Grande Valley is considered the most corrupt area in the country, according to the latest statistic from the U.S. Department of Justice. «KRGV, Jul 15»

Lutfur Rahman: Corrupt ex-mayor's assets frozen

Lutfur Rahman, the disgraced former mayor of Tower Hamlets, has been told his assets would be frozen after he failed to pay court costs. «BBC News, Jul 15»

Avakov sets up department at Interior Ministry to recover corrupt asset

Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has created a department at the Interior Ministry to recover corrupt assets and appointed Olena ... «Interfax, Jul 15»

Victims of Dr Farid Fata speak out against corrupt doctor

Dr Farid Fata netted millions of dollars by putting at least 533 people through unnecessary treatments, telling many they had cancer when they didn't, then billing ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

"Corrupt" Chombo Re-Deployment Celebrated

The Combined Harare Resident Association (CHRA) has celebrated the re-deployment of former Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo ... «ZimEye - Zimbabwe News, Jul 15»

'Aid has often rewarded the inept and corrupt but it's still vitally …

Economist John Maynard Keynes at the UN International Monetary Conference in Bretton Woods in 1944. Photograph: Guardian ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Anti-Corrupt Crusader Arrested for Corruption

Kumasi — The Manhyia Divisional Police Headquarters in Kumasi have arrested Nana Kwadwo Amoah Ampem Okogyebuor, founder of the ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

Let's Explore The Corrupt Town That Inspired True Detective

How are you enjoying #TrueDetectiveSeason2 so far? It's okay, right? I don't know, maybe it kind of sucks. Anyway, if you're like me, you've ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»