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corrupt
English
Alternative forms
- corrumpt (archaic)
- corrump (obsolete)
- corroupt (rare)
Etymology
From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrump?, corrumpere (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpere (“to break in pieces”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k????pt/
- Rhymes: -?pt
Adjective
corrupt (comparative more corrupt, superlative most corrupt)
- In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
- The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
- The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
- The text of the manuscript is corrupt.
- It turned out that the program was corrupt - that's why it wouldn't open.
- In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
- with such corrupt and pestilent bread to feed them.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "corrupt" is often applied: practice, state, country, nation, regime, city, government, person, man, politician, leader, mayor, judge, member, minister, file, database, document, woman.
Synonyms
- corrupted
Translations
Verb
corrupt (third-person singular simple present corrupts, present participle corrupting, simple past and past participle corrupted)
- (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
- And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
- (archaic, intransitive) To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot.
- he entrails, which are the parts aptest to corrupt
- To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
- To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
- Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt.
Translations
Related terms
- corruptible
- corruption
- incorruptible
References
- corrupt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- corrupt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corruptus or from Middle French corrupt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??r?pt/
- Hyphenation: cor?rupt
- Rhymes: -?pt
Adjective
corrupt (comparative corrupter, superlative corruptst)
- corrupt (lacking integrity, being prone to discriminating, open to bribes, etc.)
- (textual criticism) corrupt (containing (many) errors)
- deprave, morally corrupt
Inflection
Related terms
- corrumperen
- corruptie
Descendants
- Afrikaans: korrup
- ? Indonesian: korup
- ? West Frisian: korrupt
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corruptus.
Adjective
corrupt m (feminine singular corrupte, masculine plural corrupts, feminine plural corruptes)
- corrupt (impure; not in its original form)
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criminal
English
Etymology
From Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??m?n?l/
Adjective
criminal (comparative more criminal, superlative most criminal)
- Against the law; forbidden by law.
- Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves.
- Guilty of breaking the law.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- Of or relating to crime or penal law.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject […] in some cases, were liable to criminal process.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- (figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "criminal" is often applied: law, justice, court, procedure, prosecution, intent, case, record, act, action, behavior, code, offence, liability, investigation, conduct, defense, trial, history, responsibility, lawyer, tribunal, appeal, process, background, mind, conspiracy, evidence, gang, organization, underworld, jurisprudence, offender, jury, police, past, group, punishment, attorney, violence, report, career, psychology.
Synonyms
- crimeful
- illegal
- delictuous
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
criminal (plural criminals)
- A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
- Synonyms: lawbreaker, offender, perpetrator
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:criminal
Hypernyms
- person
Derived terms
- cybercriminal
- thought criminal
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin crimin?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /k?i.mi?nal/
Adjective
criminal (masculine and feminine plural criminals)
- criminal (against the law)
- criminal (guilty of breaking the law)
- criminal (of or relating to crime)
Derived terms
Noun
criminal m or f (plural criminals)
- criminal (a person who is guilty of a crime)
Related terms
- crim
Further reading
- “criminal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “criminal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “criminal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “criminal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin crimin?lis, from Latin cr?men.
Adjective
criminal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular criminale)
- criminal; illegal; against the law
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin crimin?lis (“criminal”), from Latin cr?men (“verdict; crime”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /k?i.mi.?na?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /k?i.mi.?naw/
Adjective
criminal m or f (plural criminais, not comparable)
- (law) criminal (of or relating to crime or penal law)
Related terms
Further reading
- “criminal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French criminel, Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kri.mi?nal]
Noun
criminal m (plural criminali, feminine equivalent criminal?)
- criminal, felon, perpetrator, offender, lawbreaker
- murderer, slayer
- cutthroat, thug
Declension
Adjective
criminal m or n (feminine singular criminal?, masculine plural criminali, feminine and neuter plural criminale)
- criminal, felonious, lawbreaking
- murderous, homicidal
- cutthroat
Declension
Related terms
- criminalitate
Adverb
criminal
- criminally
Related terms
- crim?
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin crimin?lis (“criminal”), from Latin cr?men (“verdict; crime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?imi?nal/, [k?i.mi?nal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
criminal (plural criminales)
- criminal
Derived terms
- criminalmente
- criminalista
- criminalizar
Noun
criminal m or f (plural criminales)
- criminal
Related terms
- crimen
- criminalidad
- acriminar
Further reading
- “criminal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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