corrupt

corrupt
1. a испорченный, нечистый

corrupt air — испорченный воздух

2. a продажный; коррумпированный

corrupt judge — продажный судья; судья-взяточник

corrupt union — коррумпированный профсоюз

3. a развратный; растленный; безнравственный

corrupt desires — гнусные помыслы

4. a искажённый, недостоверный

he spoke a corrupt form of French — он говорил на ломаном французском языке

5. v портить, развращать

to corrupt the character — портить характер

6. v портиться, развращаться
7. v портить, гноить
8. v гнить, разлагаться
9. v подкупать, давать взятку

this official cannot be corrupted — этот чиновник неподкупен

10. v искажать, извращать

careless scribes corrupted the original manuscript — небрежные переписчики исказили оригинальный текст рукописи

Синонимический ряд:
1. base (adj.) base; degenerate; dissolute; wicked
2. crooked (adj.) crooked; fraudulent; snide; unscrupulous; venal
3. dishonest (adj.) bribable; dishonest; exploiting; false; mercenary; praetorian; shady; sinister; underhanded; unethical; unprincipled
4. immoral (adj.) abandoned; debased; debauched; immoral; libertine; lost; lubricious; lubricous
5. impure (adj.) adulterated; contaminated; corrupted; impure; infected; putrescent; putrid; unclean
6. vicious (adj.) depraved; flagitious; infamous; miscreant; nefarious; perverse; rotten; unhealthy; vicious; villainous
7. debase (verb) animalize; bastardize; bestialize; brutalize; canker; debase; debauch; degrade; demean; deprave; lower; pervert; vitiate; warp
8. decay (verb) break down; crumble; decay; decompose; disintegrate; molder; putrefy; putresce; spoil; turn
9. falsify (verb) belie; color; colour; counterfeit; disguise; falsify; garble; misrepresent; misstate; varnish
10. lure (verb) bribe; buy; demoralise; demoralize; entice; fix; lure; purchase; reach; seduce; smear
11. pollute (verb) adulterate; contaminate; defile; infect; poison; pollute; rot; soil; stain; sully; taint
Антонимический ряд:
exalted; high; honest; honourable; noble; pure; purify; reform; scrupulous; sound; uncorrupt; undefiled

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  • 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Corrupt — Cor*rupt (k?r r?pt ), a. [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor + rumpere to break. See {Rupture}.] 1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. [1913 Webster] Who with such corrupt and pestilent… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • corrupt — cor·rupt 1 /kə rəpt/ adj: having an unlawful or evil motive; esp: characterized by improper and usu. unlawful conduct intended to secure a benefit for oneself or another (as by taking or giving bribes) cor·rupt·ly adj cor·rupt·ness n corrupt 2 vt …   Law dictionary

  • corrupt — [adj1] dishonest base, bent, bribable, crooked, debauched, double dealing, exploiting, extortionate, faithless, fast and loose*, fixed, foul, fraudulent, gone to the dogs*, inconstant, iniquitous, knavish, mercenary, nefarious, on the take*, open …   New thesaurus

  • corrupt — mid 14c., from O.Fr. corropt unhealthy, corrupt; uncouth (of language), and directly from L. corruptus, pp. of corrumpere to destroy; spoil, figuratively corrupt, seduce, bribe, from com , intensive prefix (see COM (Cf. com )), + rup , pp. stem… …   Etymology dictionary

  • corrupt — vb deprave, debauch, pervert, *debase Analogous words: degrade, debase, *abase: *ruin, wreck: pollute, defile, *contaminate Contrasted words: reform, amend, *correct …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • corrupt — ► ADJECTIVE 1) willing to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain. 2) evil or morally depraved. 3) (of a text or computer data) made unreliable by errors or alterations. 4) archaic rotten or putrid. ► VERB 1) make corrupt. 2) …   English terms dictionary

  • corrupt — [kə rupt′] adj. [ME < L corruptus, pp. of corrumpere, to destroy, spoil, bribe < com , together + rumpere, to break: see RUPTURE] 1. Obs. changed from a sound condition to an unsound one; spoiled; contaminated; rotten 2. deteriorated from… …   English World dictionary

  • Corrupt — Cor*rupt (k?r r?pt ), v. i. 1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To become vitiated; to lose purity or goodness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • corrupt — ▪ I. corrupt cor‧rupt 1 [kəˈrʌpt] adjective 1. LAW using power in a dishonest or illegal way in order to get money or an advantage of some kind: • Swiss justice, in our experience, is as tough on corrupt bankers as it is on all other criminals. • …   Financial and business terms

  • corrupt — 01. The former president was obviously [corrupt], and is accused of having stolen millions of dollars from the country. 02. Suspicions of widespread [corruption] in government have resulted in the downfall of the presidency. 03. There is a lot of …   Grammatical examples in English


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