Corrupt

a. [Lat. corrumpo, corrupt us - con, and rumpo, to break.] To change from a sound and wholesome to a putrid or putrescent state; to vitiate or deprave; to defile or pollute; to taint; to contaminate.To pervert; to bribe; to debase; to falsify; to adulterate; to infect with errors; as, to corrupt innocence. "Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves." - Garrick. -v.i. To rot; to putrefy; as, corrupted flesh. To lose purity or integrity; to become vitiated; as, a corrupted voter. a. [Lat. corrupt us .] Changed from a sound to a putrid state; putrefied; spoiled; tainted; unsound in quality; spoiled; as, corrupt flesh. -Tainted with vice or wickedne ; depraved; debased; morally vitiated; changed to a perverted state; as, a corrupt government official, corrupt language. "Corrupt, corrupt , and tainted in desire." - Shaks. Corrupter, n. One who corrupts, vitiates, or taints; as, a corrupter of youth. "Away, corrupters of my faith!" - Shaks. Corruptibil'ity, n. Po ibility of being corrupted. Corruptible, a . [Fr.; Lat. corruptabilis .] That may be corrupted, bribed, or morally vitiated; as, a corrupt ible judge. -Susceptible of becoming putrid or tainted; subject to decay and destruction; as, man's corruptible body. -n. That which may decay and perish, as the human body. Corruptiblene , n. Corruptibility; susceptibility of corruption. Corruptibly, adv. In such a manner as to be corrupted or vitiated. "It is too late the life of all his blood Is touch'd corruptibly." Shaks .