Definition of corruptest Corruptest

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corruptest, adjective, superlative of corrupt.

WordNet

Verb corrupts, corrupting, corrupted
corrupt - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
		pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		carnalise, sensualise, carnalize, sensualize debase through carnal gratification
		infect contaminate with a disease or microorganism
		lead off, lead astray teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits"
		poison administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"
		bastardise, bastardize declare a child to be illegitimate
		suborn induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses"
corrupt - alter from the original
		spoil
		modify make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		adulterate, dilute, debase, load, stretch lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
corrupt - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
		bribe, buy, grease one's palms
		pay bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"
		criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, crime, offence, offense (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
		sop dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
		buy off, pay off pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
corrupt - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
		defile, sully, taint, cloud
		deflower, impair, mar, vitiate, spoil deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"
Adjective corrupt, corrupter, corruptest
corrupt - lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
		incorrupt free of corruption or immorality; "a policeman who was incorrupt and incorruptible"
		immoral deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
		corruptness, corruption lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
		corrupted, vitiated, debased ruined in character or quality
		bribable, corruptible, venal, dishonest, purchasable capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"
		depraved, reprobate, perverse, perverted deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
		sordid, dirty meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"
		praetorian, pretorian characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality; "a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr.
		putrid morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court"
corrupt - touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
		tainted
corrupt - containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
		corrupted
corrupt - not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
		crooked
		square, straight rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
		dishonest, dishonorable deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
		unlawful contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law; "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters"
		honestness, honesty the quality of being honest

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Wiktionary

corrupt (Verb)
To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
corrupt (Verb)
To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
corrupt (Adjective)
In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
corrupt (Adjective)
With lots of errors in it; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
corrupt (Adjective)
In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

corrupt (a.)
Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
corrupt (a.)
Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges.
corrupt (a.)
Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.
corrupt (v. t.)
To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.
corrupt (v. t.)
To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile.
corrupt (v. t.)
To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe.
corrupt (v. t.)
To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text.
corrupt (v. t.)
To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
corrupt (v. i.)
To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
corrupt (v. i.)
To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

corrupt
To give, or offer a bribe.
corrupt
Willing to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

corrupt
kor-upt′, v.t. to make putrid: to defile: to mar: to debase: to bribe.—v.i. to rot: to lose purity.—adj. putrid: depraved: defiled: not genuine: full of errors.—ns. Corrupt′er; Corruptibil′ity, Corrupt′ibleness.—adj. Corrupt′ible, liable to be corrupted.—adv. Corrupt′ibly.—ns. Corrup′tion, rottenness: putrid matter: impurity: bribery; Corrup′tionist, one who defends or who practises corruption.—adj. Corrupt′ive, having the quality of corrupting.—adv. Corrupt′ly.—n. Corrupt′ness. [L. cor, inten., and rumpĕre, ruptum, to break.]