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Word entry · 7 letters

corrupt

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"Crooked"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /kəˈɹʌpt/Part of speech verb, adjectiveSorted coprrtuStarts with CEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. alter from the original

Word origin

From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you.

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