corrupt

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cor·rupt1 /kəˈrʌpt/ ●●○ adjective  1  DISHONESTusing your power in a dishonest or illegal way in order to get an advantage for yourself 贪污受贿的，腐败的 OPP incorruptible Corrupt judges have taken millions of dollars in bribes. 腐败的法官接受了几百万美元的贿赂。► see thesaurus at dishonest2  BAD PERSONimmoral or dishonest 不道德的，堕落的 a corrupt society 堕落的社会 officials engaged in corrupt practices 徇私舞弊的官员3  PUREsomething that is corrupt is not pure or has been damaged or partly ruined 不纯的；有缺陷的；有错误的 corrupt data 有错误的数据 —corruptly adverb —corruptness noun [uncountable]

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corrupt• A grand jury accused the police department of being brutal and corrupt.• Some segments of your hard drive are corrupt.• Edwards, a master psychologist of religion, represented his town as corrupt.• The police force inherited by Nicholas was small, corrupt and ill-trained.• They prefer a corrupt and known system.• The police are too corrupt and they work for the Arellanos.• Politics has become a corrupt, big-money game.• Corrupt customs officials have helped the drug trade to flourish.• It's generally impossible to compress such files - the program sees each overlay as corrupt data.• a corrupted file• In the 1970s, the city's police force was among the most corrupt in the nation.• In fact, it would seem to contain the seeds from which corrupt marketing practices grow.• Law enforcement officials consider it the most corrupt of six border crossings in Arizona.• Perez said that there were virtually no procedures in place to weed out corrupt officials.• Suburban communities swiftly expel sleazy politicians and weed out corrupt practices.

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corrupt2 ●○○ verb [transitive]  1  BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSto encourage someone to start behaving in an immoral or dishonest way 使堕落，使败坏，使腐化 Young prisoners are being corrupted by the older, long-term offenders. 年轻的囚犯正在被年纪较大、刑期长的犯人带坏。2  CHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENTto change the traditional form of something, such as a language, so that it becomes worse than it was 破坏，侵蚀〔语言等的纯洁〕 The culture has been corrupted by Western influences. 这种文化在西方文化的影响下受到了侵蚀。3  TDto change the information in a computer, so that the computer does not work properly anymore 损坏，破坏〔计算机中的信息〕 a virus which corrupts the data on your hard drive 破坏你硬盘中数据的一种病毒 —corruptible adjective —corruptibility /kəˌrʌptəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

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corrupt• Had a program run on start-up been corrupted?• How you corrupted a young and lovely woman ... and subjected her to the most shatteringly depraved treatment.• Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.• Some of the files were corrupted and will have to be rewritten.• Was Caringolat aware how the precise and fastidious sequences of the Vibrancy were being corrupted beyond Por Tanssie?• Slowly their friendship was corrupted by competition.• The prison system does not work because many of the younger offenders are being corrupted by older, long term prisoners.• So Englishness is corrupted from the beginning.• Further, the higher the profits, the easier it is to corrupt government agents.• the corrupting influence of drugs• Power and money corrupt, sure.• Some make a protein, but others are so corrupted that they can no longer do anything.• Excessive campaign spending is corrupting the American political system.• The Senate will form a committee to determine if violence on television is corrupting young people.From Longman Business Dictionarycorruptcor‧rupt1 /kəˈrʌpt/ adjective1LAWusing power in a dishonest or illegal way in order to get money or an advantage of some kindSwiss justice, in our experience, is as tough on corrupt bankers as it is on all other criminals.people wilfully involved in bribery or other corrupt practices2COMPUTING information on a computer that is corrupt has been damaged and can no longer be read or used by a computerThe file may contain corrupt data and may cause your machine to crash.corruptcorrupt2 verb [transitive]1to encourage someone to behave in an immoral or dishonest wayUS politics has been corrupted by money and the influence of special interests.2COMPUTING to damage information on a computer, so that it can no longer be read or used by a computerviruses which can corrupt and destroy computer data —corrupted adjective [only before a noun]A corrupted file is a big problem; you might never recover the data. —corruptible adjectiveproviding arms and money to a corruptible military regime→ See Verb tableOrigin corrupt1 (1300-1400) Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere, from com- ( → COM-) + rumpere “to break”

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corrupt

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cor‧rupt¹ /kəˈrʌpt/ adjective1. using your power in a dishonest or illegal way in order to get an advantage for yourself
   OPP  incorruptible:
    Corrupt judges have taken millions of dollars in bribes.
2. immoral or dishonest:
    a corrupt society
    officials engaged in corrupt practices
3. something that is corrupt is not pure or has been damaged or partly ruined:
    corrupt data
—corruptly adverb
—corruptness noun [uncountable]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ dishonest behaving in a way that is intended to deceive people, for example by lying, cheating, or stealing: Are you accusing me of being dishonest? | The money was acquired through dishonest means. | People are no longer surprised to find that politicians are dishonest.
   ▪ corrupt using your power in a dishonest way for your own advantage – used about people in official positions: corrupt politicians | Law and order has broken down, and most government officials are corrupt.
   ▪ devious /ˈdiːviəs/ good at secretly thinking of clever plans to trick people in order to get what you want: You have a very devious mind__ | They use all kinds of devious methods to find out your personal details.
   ▪ underhand British English, underhanded American English underhand methods involve secretly deceiving people in order to get what you want: In a series of underhand moves, Browne managed to gain control of the company.
   ▪ sneaky doing or saying things secretly, in a way that seems wrong because it is slightly dishonest or unfair: It was pretty sneaky when the bank charged me interest on my account without telling me.
   ▪ sly deliberately behaving in a way that hides what you are really thinking or doing, in a way that is slightly dishonest: Lucy decided not to tell him where she was going. She was often a bit sly like that. | He’s a sly old fox.
   ▪ unscrupulous /ʌnˈskruːpjələs, ʌnˈskruːpjʊləs/ using dishonest and unfair methods to get what you want, without caring if you harm other people: Some unscrupulous companies try to persuade people to borrow huge sums of money.
   ▪ fraudulent /ˈfrɔːdjələnt, ˈfrɔːdjʊlənt $ ˈfrɒːdʒə-/ formal deliberately deceiving people in an illegal way in order to gain money or power: You will be prosecuted if you make a fraudulent claim on your insurance policy.

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corrupt² verb [transitive]
1. to encourage someone to start behaving in an immoral or dishonest way:
    Young prisoners are being corrupted by the older, long-term offenders.
2. to change the traditional form of something, such as a language, so that it becomes worse than it was:
    The culture has been corrupted by Western influences.
3. to change the information in a computer, so that the computer does not work properly any more:
    a virus which corrupts the data on your hard drive
—corruptible adjective
—corruptibility /kəˌrʌptəˈbɪləti, kəˌrʌptɪˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]