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{
"term": "corrupt",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "willing to use their power to do dishonest or illegal things in return for money or to get an advantage",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was seen as the only way to overthrow a corrupt regime."
},
{
"text": "They promised to seek out the corrupt officials who had accepted the bribes."
},
{
"text": "one of the most notoriously corrupt city councils"
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities", "Crime and punishment"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become"],
"adverb": ["hopelessly", "thoroughly", "totally"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not honest or moral",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They had been engaged in corrupt practices."
},
{
"text": "The whole system is inefficient and corrupt."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become"],
"adverb": ["hopelessly", "thoroughly", "totally"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "containing changes or faults, and no longer in the original state",
"labels": "(computing)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "corrupt software"
},
{
"text": "The file on the disk seems to be corrupt."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈrʌpt/",
"audio": "co/corrupt/corrupt__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈrʌpt/",
"audio": "co/corrupt/corrupt__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere ‘mar, bribe, destroy’, from cor- ‘altogether’ + rumpere ‘to break’."
}