What is the meaning of corrupt?

verb

• Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
  • usage: "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children"; "corrupt the morals"
  • synonyms: pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
• Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence.
  • usage: "This judge can be bought"
  • synonyms: bribe, buy, grease one's palms
• Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon.
  • usage: "sully someone's reputation"
  • synonyms: defile, sully, taint, cloud
• Alter from the original.
  • synonyms: spoil

adjective

• Lacking in integrity.
  • usage: "humanity they knew to be corrupt... From the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
• Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive.
  • synonyms: crooked
• Containing errors or alterations.
  • usage: "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
  • synonyms: corrupted
• Touched by rot or decay.
  • usage: "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
  • synonyms: tainted