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corrupt

🇬🇧 UK/kә'rʌpt/🇺🇸 US
IELTSGREB2

Definitions

v.

To cause someone to act dishonestly or immorally; to introduce errors into data or a file, making it invalid.

使腐化;使堕落;破坏(数据)

adj.

Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; morally depraved; containing errors or in an invalid state.

腐败的;贪污的;讹误的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
cortogether, with
+
ruptbreak, burst
=corrupt

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Power tends to corrupt even the most virtuous leaders.

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