{
    "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’."
}