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corrupt
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Word origin
Past participle of corrompre, from Latin corrumpere ("to destroy, to spoil"), from cum and rumpere ("to break").
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- corrumpere
- English cognates
- corrupt, corruption
Grammar
Examples
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The mayor was accused of being corrupt.
réformer .
A corrupt system cannot reform itself.
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They are denouncing a corrupt administration.
fonctionnaires .
Corrupt officials were arrested yesterday.
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She refuses to work with corrupt people.
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