CORRUPT

corrupt. Corrupt, v. to spoil, defile, grow rotten, bribe

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Cor‐rupt′ (k?r–r?pt″), a. [[L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]] 1. 1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them. Knolles. 2. 2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges.
At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you. Shak. 3. 3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.