Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - corrupt
Corrupt
corrupt
adj. & v. --adj. 1 morally depraved; wicked. 2 influenced by or using bribery or fraudulent activity. 3 (of a text, language, etc.) harmed (esp. made suspect or unreliable) by errors or alterations. 4 rotten. --v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become corrupt or depraved. 2 tr. affect or harm by errors or alterations. 3 tr. infect, taint. Phrases and idioms corrupt practices fraudulent activity, esp. at elections. Derivatives corrupter n. corruptible adj. corruptibility n. corruptive adj. corruptly adv. corruptness n. Etymology: ME f. OF corrupt or L corruptus past part. of corrumpere corrupt- (as COM-, rumpere break)
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I. verb see: reave Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to change from good to bad in morals, manners, or actions, to degrade with unsound principles or moral values, rot, spoil, to subject (a person) to ~ion of blood, to alter from the original or correct form or version , intransitive verb 1. to become tainted or rotten, to become morally debased, to cause disintegration or ruin, see: debase ~er also ~or noun ~ibility noun ~ible adjective ~ibly adverb II. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin ~us Date: 14th century 1. morally degenerate and perverted ; depraved, characterized by improper conduct (as bribery or the selling of favors) , putrid, tainted, adulterated or debased by change from an original or correct condition , see: vicious ~ly adverb ~ness noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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