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.
Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them.
Knolles.
2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges.
At what ease
Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt
To swear against you.
Shak.
3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.