cor- ‘altogether’ + rumpere ‘to break’.

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1. having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain:

〈人などが〉地位を悪用した, 汚職の, 贈収賄の

e.g. unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials.

evil or morally depraved:

〈社会･行為などが〉(道徳的に)堕落した, 腐敗した, 不正の

e.g. the play can do no harm since its audience is already corrupt.

2. (of a text or a computer database or program) made unreliable by errors or alterations.

〘コンピュ〙 〈プログラム･データが〉破壊された; エラーの

3. archaic (of organic or inorganic matter) in a state of decay; rotten or putrid:

｟古｠ 腐った(rotten)

e.g. a corrupt and rotting corpse.

1. cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain:

買収する (!しばしば受け身で)

e.g. there is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts.

cause to become morally depraved:

〈人･物などが〉(道徳的に)〈人など〉を堕落させる, 腐敗させる;

e.g. he has corrupted the boy.

2. change or debase by making errors or unintentional alterations:

〈言語など〉を乱れさせる, 転訛させる; 〈原文など〉を改悪する.

e.g. Epicurus's teachings have since been much corrupted.

cause errors to appear in (a computer program or database):

〘コンピュ〙 〈プログラム･データ〉を破壊する

e.g. a program that has somehow corrupted your system files.

3. archaic infect; contaminate:

e.g. (as adjective corrupting) : the corrupting smell of death.

corrupter | kəˈrəptər | noun

corruptibility | kəˌrəptəˈbilədē | noun

corruptible | kəˈrəptəb(ə)l | adjective

corruptive | kəˈrəptiv | adjective

corruptly adverb

Middle English: from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere ‘mar, bribe, destroy’, from cor- ‘altogether’ + rumpere ‘to break’.