corrupting Definition

corrupt
verb corrupted, corrupting

tr & intr
1. To change for the worse, especially morally.
2. To spoil, deform or make impure.

Thesaurus: disgrace, vitiate, demean, depreciate, defile, abuse, pervert, violate, ravage; Antonym: purify, restore.
3. To bribe.
intr
4. To decay or deteriorate.
5. Said of a text: to change it from the original, usually for the worse.

Thesaurus: falsify, misrepresent, fabricate, colour, counterfeit, adulterate, forge, fix, doctor.
6. computing.
To introduce errors into (a program or data), either accidentally or deliberately, so that it is no longer reliable.

adj

1. Morally evil.

Thesaurus: immoral, debased, low, degraded, evil, wicked, reprobate, wanton, unscrupulous, nefarious.
2. Involving bribery.
3. Dishonest.

Thesaurus: fraudulent, dishonest, venal.
4. Said of a text: so full of errors and alterations as to be unreliable.

Thesaurus: inaccurate, fallacious, deceptive, misleading, adulterated, expurgated, bowdlerized.
5. computing.
Said of a program or data: containing errors and therefore no longer reliable, eg as a result of a fault in the hardware or software.

Derivative: corrupter
noun

Derivative: corruptive
adj

Derivative: corruptly
adverb

Derivative: corruptness
noun

Etymology: 13c: from Latin corrumpere, corruptum to spoil.