İngilizce

corrupt

gb/kɚˈʌpt/ us/kɚˈʌpt/
B1 İngilizce
~ 3200
Anlamlar
0 anlam
adjective B1 property
1

Dishonest for personal benefit

Doing bad or illegal things to get money or power.

Kullanım kalıbı: [someone] is corrupt
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners sometimes confuse 'corrupt' with 'bankrupt'. 'Corrupt' is about dishonesty, not money problems.
Eş anlamlılar
dishonest (A general term for not telling the truth or cheating, without necessarily involving power or authority.)
Zıt anlamlılar
honest (Describes someone who tells the truth and does not cheat or take bribes.)
Eşdizimler
corrupt official |corrupt government |corrupt practices |deeply corrupt |morally corrupt
Konular
politics |law |business
Örnekler
  • The corrupt mayor accepted bribes from construction companies.
  • Many citizens believe the system is corrupt and unfair.
  • She refused to work with corrupt officials.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
  • The police officer was corrupt.
  • The company fired a corrupt manager.
  • People do not trust corrupt leaders.
Fiil B2 action
2

Make someone dishonest for benefit

To make a person do bad or illegal things by giving them money or power.

Kullanım kalıbı: to corrupt [someone/something]
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners may confuse 'corrupt' with 'interrupt'. They are unrelated in meaning.
Eş anlamlılar
bribe (Implies offering money or gifts to influence someone, often as part of corruption.)
Zıt anlamlılar
reform (To improve someone's moral behavior instead of making it worse.)
Eşdizimler
corrupt the youth |corrupt a judge |corrupt officials
Konular
politics |law |business
Örnekler
  • The criminal tried to corrupt the police officer with expensive gifts.
  • Power can easily corrupt a person who is not careful.
  • He was accused of attempting to corrupt jury members.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
  • Money can corrupt people.
  • The man tried to corrupt the guard.
  • Power can corrupt leaders.
adjective B2 property
3

Damaged and unusable

Broken or changed so it does not work correctly, often used about computer files or data.

Kullanım kalıbı: [something] is corrupt
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners may think 'corrupt' here means 'dishonest', but in technology it means broken or unusable.
Eş anlamlılar
damaged (General term for physical or functional harm, not limited to data.)
Zıt anlamlılar
intact (Describes something that is complete and undamaged.)
Eşdizimler
corrupt file |corrupt data |corrupt download
Konular
technology
Örnekler
  • The document could not be opened because the file was corrupt.
  • Corrupt data caused the program to crash.
  • He had to reinstall the software after it became corrupt.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
  • The file is corrupt.
  • I cannot open the corrupt photo.
  • The program stopped because the data is corrupt.
Fiil B2 action
4

Damage data or files

To break computer files or data so they do not work right.

Kullanım kalıbı: to corrupt [data/file]
Eş anlamlılar
damage (General term for causing harm; in computing, 'corrupt' is more specific to errors in data.)
Zıt anlamlılar
repair (To fix something so it works again.)
Eşdizimler
corrupt a file |corrupt system files |corrupt memory
Konular
technology
Örnekler
  • A virus can easily corrupt important files on your computer.
  • The update corrupted several system files.
  • Improper shutdowns may corrupt the database.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
  • A virus can corrupt your files.
  • The power cut corrupted the game file.
  • Do not turn off the computer; it may corrupt the data.
Dil bilgisi
Sözlük biçimi
corrupt
IPA
GB/kɚˈʌpt/
US/kɚˈʌpt/
Heceler ve vurgu
cor - rupt (2 hece)
Stress on 1st syllable (cor)
Kelime biçimleri
Adjective
  • Base: corrupt
Verb
  • Base: corrupt
  • 3rd Person Singular: corrupts
  • Present Participle: corrupting
  • Past: corrupted
Kelime ailesi
Forms
corrupts verb corrupting verb corrupted verb
Core family
corruption noun B2 corruptly adverb
Related words
corruptible adjective corruptor noun
Negative and opposite forms
incorruptible adjective
İfadeler

corrupt to the core

1
/kɚˈʌpt tə ðə kˈɔɹ/
idiom informal

Completely dishonest or immoral

Totally bad and dishonest in every way.

Örnekler
  • The organization was corrupt to the core.
  • Some believed the regime was corrupt to the core and could not be saved.

morally corrupt

1
/mˈɔɹəli kɚˈʌpt/
fixed phrase

Having bad moral values

Having very bad ideas about what is right and wrong; doing bad things without feeling guilty.

Örnekler
  • He was seen as morally corrupt after the scandal.
  • Many felt the film's hero was morally corrupt despite his charm.

power corrupts

1
/pˈaʊɚ kɚˈʌpts/
fixed phrase

Power makes people dishonest

If a person has too much power, they may start doing bad things.

Örnekler
  • They say power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
  • History shows that power corrupts even well-meaning leaders.

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