corrupt

corrupt
1. adjective
(depraved) verkommen; verdorben (geh.); (influenced by bribery) korrupt
2. transitive verb
(deprave) korrumpieren; (bribe) bestechen
* * *
1. verb
(to make or become evil or bad: He was corrupted by the bad influence of two friends.) verderben
2. adjective
1) (bad or evil: The government is corrupt.) schlecht, bestechlich
2) (impure: a corrupt form of English.) falsch
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- corruptibility
- corruption
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cor·rupt
[kəˈrʌpt]
I. adj
1. (dishonest) korrupt; (bribable) bestechlich
\corrupt morals verdorbener Charakter
\corrupt practices unehrenhafte Praktiken
2. (ruined) text, manuscript entstellt; file unlesbar; disk kaputt
II. vt
1. (debase ethically)
▪ to \corrupt sb jdn korrumpieren; (morally) jdn [moralisch] verderben
to \corrupt sb's morals jds Charakter verderben
2. (change)
to \corrupt English/French Englisch/Französisch entstellen
to \corrupt a text/sb's work einen Text/jds Arbeit verfälschen
3. (influence by bribes)
▪ to \corrupt sb jdn bestechen
4. COMPUT (spoil)
to \corrupt a file eine Datei ruinieren
\corrupted file fehlerhafte Datei
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[kə'rʌpt]
1. adj
verdorben, verworfen, schlecht; (= open to bribery) korrupt, bestechlich; text, language verderbt, korrumpiert; (COMPUT) disk nicht lesbar, kaputt

morally corrupt — moralisch verdorben or schlecht

2. vt
(morally) verderben; (ethically) korrumpieren; (form = bribe) bestechen, korrumpieren; (COMPUT) data kaputt or unlesbar machen, zerstören

to become corrupted (text, language) — korrumpiert werden

to corrupt sb's morals — jdn moralisch verderben

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corrupt [kəˈrʌpt]
A adj (adv corruptly)
1. (moralisch) verdorben, verderbt, schlecht, verworfen
2. unredlich, unlauter
3. korrupt:
a) bestechlich, käuflich
b) Bestechungs…:
corrupt practices Bestechungsmethoden, Korruption f;
Corrupt Practices Act POL US Bundesgesetz n zur Regulierung des Parteifinanzwesens
4. obs faul, verdorben, schlecht (Lebensmittel)
5. verfälscht:
a) unecht, unrein
b) verderbt, korrumpiert (Text)
6. IT fehlerhaft (Programm etc)
B v/t
1. verderben, (zu Schlechtem) verleiten, -führen
2. korrumpieren, bestechen
3. zersetzen, untergraben, zugrunde richten
4. besonders fig anstecken
5. einen Text verderben, korrumpieren
C v/i
1. (moralisch) verderben, -kommen
2. (ver)faulen, verderben (Lebensmittel)
* * *
1. adjective
(depraved) verkommen; verdorben (geh.); (influenced by bribery) korrupt
2. transitive verb
(deprave) korrumpieren; (bribe) bestechen
* * *
adj.
bestechlich adj.
korrupt adj.
verdorben adj.

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