CORRUPT (2)

corrupt (2). Corrupt, a. rotten, debauched, wicked, vile

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Cor‐rupt″, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Corrupting.] 1. 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.
2. 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile.
Evil communications corrupt good manners. 1. Cor. xv. 33. 3. 3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe.
Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. Shak. 4. 4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text.
He that makes an ill use of it , though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. Locke. 5. 5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. Matt. vi. 19.