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corrupt
What does corrupt mean?
corrupt (adjective): lacking in integrity.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce corrupt?
/kəˈɹʌpt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does corrupt come from?
From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “corrupt” mean?
lacking in integrity
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capable of reasoning
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of great size, large
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outside of something
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