corrupt

US /kəˈrʌpt/

UK /kə'rʌpt/

B1

verb

  • To persuade someone to act illegal or immorally
  • To cause to become damaged or spoiled
  • To lack integrity or be dishonest

adjective

  • Being damaged or spoiled
  • (Of data or a computer file) having errors or alterations that make it unusable.
  • Misusing power, as by taking bribes, to get rich
  • Guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity.
  • Dishonest or immoral.

other

  • To cause (data or a computer file) to become damaged or unusable.
  • To cause to become dishonest or immoral; to pervert or ruin the purity of.

Examples

The whole regime is thoroughly corrupt.

one of the most notoriously corrupt city councils