6 days ago · corrupt stresses a loss of moral integrity or probity causing betrayal of principle or sworn obligations.

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Don’t let your friends corrupt you (= have a bad moral influence on you). If information in a computer is corrupted, it is damaged and can no longer …

Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense that is undertaken by a person or an organization that is entrusted in a position of authority to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's gain.

1. lacking in integrity; open to or involving bribery or other dishonest practices: a corrupt official; corrupt practices in an election.

If someone or something is corrupt, they’re broken morally or in some other way. Corrupt people perform immoral or illegal acts for personal gain, without apology.

Something corrupt is rotten, spoiled, or out of commission, like a file that makes your computer crash. A corrupt person — a criminal, a crook, or a cookie thief — brings society down with immoral and …

Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power. ...to save the nation from corrupt politicians of both parties. He …

The Top 10 Most Corrupt Countries in the World (2022 Corruption Perceptions Index) Somalia, ranked as the most corrupt country in the world for a number of recent years, has undergone a shift between …

Feb 2, 2026 · These shifts allowed Trump to move from being a relatively small-scale con man to his current position as perhaps the most corrupt elected official in human history.

Mar 11, 2026 · In the United States, investigators and political science researchers try to measure corruption using data from the Department of Justice and other public corruption statistics. Studies …