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- pronunciation:
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ruhpt
- features:
- Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
If someone is corrupt, they do things like lie and cheat. They might have been good people in the past, but now they have lost their goodness.
The man was once a kind and honest person, but now he was corrupt and made money by cheating other people.- synonyms:
- dishonest
- antonyms:
- just, moral, upright
- similar words:
- bad, crooked, dirty, wicked
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| definition 2: |
If someone like a police officer, judge, or politician is corrupt, it means they do things that are against the law, especially doing illegal favors for someone who gives them money.
The corrupt police officers arrested the man but let him go when he gave them part of the money he had stolen.- synonyms:
- dishonest
- antonyms:
- honest, innocent
- similar words:
- bad
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| related words: |
dishonest, foul |
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| derivations: |
corruptive (adj.), corruptedly (adv.), corruptly (adv.), corruptedness (n.), corrupter (n.), corruptness (n.) |
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