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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Corrupt \Cor*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrupted}; p. pr & vb n. {Corrupting}.] 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. 2. To change from good to bad to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile. Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1. Cor. xv 33. 3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as to corrupt a judge by a bribe. Heaven is above all yet there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. --Shak. 4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text. He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. --Locke. 5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. --Matt. vi 19. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: corrupting adj 1: seducing into corrupt practices 2: harmful to the mind or morals; "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence" [syn: {degrading}] 3: that infects or taints [syn: {contaminating}]
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