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. corrupt practices fraudulent activity, esp. at elections. corrupter n. corruptible adj. corruptibility n. corruptive adj. corruptly adv. corruptness n.
[ ME f. OF corrupt or L corruptus past part. of corrumpere corrupt- (as COM-, rumpere break) ]