corrupt

  • 111Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act — See RICO laws …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 112Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act — noun law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions • Syn: ↑anti racketeering law, ↑RICO Act, ↑RICO • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 113ful — corrupt …

    The Old English to English

  • 114Corrupted — Corrupt Cor*rupt , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrupting}.] 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. [1913 Webster] 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 115Corrupting — Corrupt Cor*rupt , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrupting}.] 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. [1913 Webster] 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 116corruptible — corrupt corrupt 2 verb [transitive] 1. to encourage someone to behave in an immoral or dishonest way: • US politics has been corrupted by money and the influence of special interests. 2. COMPUTING to damage information on a computer, so that it… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 117corrupted — corrupt corrupt 2 verb [transitive] 1. to encourage someone to behave in an immoral or dishonest way: • US politics has been corrupted by money and the influence of special interests. 2. COMPUTING to damage information on a computer, so that it… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 118AIGUILLON, DUKE D' —    corrupt minister of France, previously under trial for official plunder of money, which was quashed, at the corrupt court of Louis XV., and the tool of Mme. Du Barry, with whom he rose and fell (1720 1782) …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 119corrupter — corrupt ► ADJECTIVE 1) willing to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain. 2) evil or morally depraved. 3) (of a text or computer data) made unreliable by errors or alterations. 4) archaic rotten or putrid. ► VERB 1) make corrupt. 2) …

    English terms dictionary

  • 120corruptible — corrupt ► ADJECTIVE 1) willing to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain. 2) evil or morally depraved. 3) (of a text or computer data) made unreliable by errors or alterations. 4) archaic rotten or putrid. ► VERB 1) make corrupt. 2) …

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