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corrupt, corrupts; corrupted; corrupting (verbs)
1. To destroy or subvert the honesty or integrity of.
2. To ruin morally; to pervert.
3. To taint; to contaminate.
4. To cause to become rotten; to spoil.
5. To change the original form of; for example, a text.
6. In Computer Science: To damage (data) in a file or on a disk.
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corrupted (adjective), more corrupted, most corrupted
1. Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil: "The war in several countries have some of the most corrupted conditions for its citizens."
2. Guilty of dishonest practices; such as, bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: "A corrupted judge ruled in favor of one of the worst politicians ever known."
3. Made inferior or containing errors, misinterpretations, or incorrect alterations: "The author was accused of having a corrupted translation of the book."
4. Etymology: from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere, "to destroy, to spoil, to bribe"; from com-, "together" + rup-, past participle stem of rumpere, "to break".
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