The meaning of CORRUPT is to change from good to bad in morals, manners, or actions; also : bribe.

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Don’t let your friends corrupt you (= have a bad moral influence on you). If information in a computer is corrupted, it is damaged and can …

Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power. ...to save the nation from corrupt politicians of both …

1. lacking in integrity; open to or involving bribery or other dishonest practices: a corrupt official; corrupt practices in an election.

Corrupt, dishonest, venal apply to one, esp. in public office, who acts on mercenary motives, without regard to honor, right, or justice. A corrupt politician is one originally honest who has …

Nov 5, 2025 · From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to …

Corrupt is commonly used as an adjective to describe members of organizations or institutions who engage in illegal or otherwise dishonest practices to benefit themselves.

Corrupt generally refers to being dishonest, unethical, or fraudulent, often involving bribery or other forms of illicit gain. It can also mean to change, damage, or ruin something from its …

CORRUPT meaning: 1 : to cause (someone or something) to become dishonest, immoral, etc.; 2 : to change (something) so that it is less pure or valuable

To destroy or subvert the honesty or integrity of, as by offering bribes. To cause to become rotten; spoil. To make or become corrupt. To render impure; contaminate.