CORRUPT

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