Dictionary entry

Corrupt

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.