corrupt
US: /kɝˈəpt/
UK: /kəɹˈʌpt/
UK: /kəɹˈʌpt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
corrupt /kə'rʌpt/
- tính từ
- bị đút lót, bị mua chuộc, ăn hối lộ
- đồi bại, thối nát, mục nát
- bị sửa đổi lại; sai lạc đi (bài văn, ngôn ngữ...)
- bẩn (không khí...)
- corrupt practices
- cách mua chuộc đút lót (đặc biệt là trong cuộc bầu cử)
- ngoại động từ
- mua chuộc, đút lót, hối lộ
- làm hư hỏng, làm đồi bại
- làm hư, làm thối
- sửa đổi sai lạc đi (bài văn, ngôn ngữ...)
- nội động từ
- hư hỏng, thối nát, đồi bại
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, verb
+ adjective
1 (of people) willing to use their power to do dishonest or illegal things in return for money or to get an advantage: a corrupt regime + corrupt officials accepting bribes
2 (of behaviour) dishonest or immoral: corrupt practices + The whole system is inefficient and corrupt.
3 (computing) containing changes or faults, and no longer in the original state: corrupt software + The text on the disk seems to be corrupt.
corruptly adverb
+ verb
1 [VN] to have a bad effect on sb and make them behave in an immoral or dishonest way: He was corrupted by power and ambition. + the corrupting effects of great wealth
2 [VN] [often passive] to change the original form of sth, so that it is damaged or spoiled in some way: a corrupted form of Buddhism
3 (computing) to cause mistakes to appear in a computer file, etc. with the result that the information in it is no longer correct: [VN] The program has somehow corrupted the system files. + corrupted data + [V] The disk will corrupt if it is overloaded.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 dishonest, untrustworthy, dishonourable, underhand(ed), venal, Colloq crooked:
He got off by bribing a corrupt judge.
2 debased, depraved, perverted, subverted, evil, wicked, degenerate, degraded:
The inhabitants practised a corrupt form of Christianity.
v.
3 debase, pervert, subvert, degrade, deprave, warp:
A funds manager could easily be corrupted by all that money.
4 adulterate, contaminate, pollute, taint, defile, infect, spoil, poison:
Drainage from the site has corrupted the purity of the water.
5 bribe, suborn, buy (off):
He thought he knew a juror who might be corrupted.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be | become
ADV.
thoroughly, totally
The whole regime is thoroughly corrupt.
| notoriously
one of the most notoriously corrupt city councils
| morally, politically
Concise English dictionary
corrupts|corrupted|corruptingkə'rʌpt
verb
+corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
+alter from the original
+make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
+place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
adj.
+lacking in integrity
+not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
+containing errors or alterations
+touched by rot or decay
