Corrupt

kor-upt′, v.t. to make putrid: to defile: to mar: to debase: to bribe.— v.i. to rot: to lose purity.— adj. putrid: depraved: defiled: not genuine: full of errors.— ns. Corrupt′er ; Corruptibil′ity , Corrupt′iblene .— adj. Corrupt′ible , liable to be corrupted.— adv. Corrupt′ibly .— ns. Corrup′tion , rottenne : putrid matter: impurity: bribery; Corrup′tionist , one who defends or who practises corruption.— adj. Corrupt′ive , having the quality of corrupting.— adv. Corrupt′ly .— n. Corrupt′ne . [L. cor , inten., and rumpĕre , ruptum , to break.]