corrupt

[US]/kəˈrʌpt/
[UK]/kəˈrʌpt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. involverende uærlig eller ulovlig adfærd, især af personer i magtfulde positioner
vt. at gøre noget uærligt eller umoralsk
vi. at blive uærlig eller umoralsk
Word Forms
Present Participlecorrupting
Pluralcorrupts
Third Person Singularcorrupts
Past Participlecorrupted
Comparativecorrupter
Past Tensecorrupted

Phrases & Collocations

corrupt practice

korrupt praksis

Example Sentences

corrupt a policeman with money

bestikke en politibetjent med penge

a corrupt form of a word

en fordrejet form af et ord

a corrupt and rotting corpse.

en korrupt og rådnende lig.

The corrupt official stood in the dock.

Den korrupte embedsmand stod ved dokken.

One corrupt apple corrupts many sound ones.

Et korrupt æble korrumperer mange sunde.

this book would deprave and corrupt young children.

denne bog ville fordærve og korrumpere unge børn.

You are corrupted at heart.

Du er korrupt i hjertet.

The official led a corrupt life.

Embedsmanden levede et korrupt liv.

The body corrupted quite quickly.

Kroppen korrumperede ret hurtigt.

The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.

Den uretfærdige skilling korrumperer den retfærdige pund.

he has corrupted the boy.

han har korrumperet drengen.

a corrupt heart elicits in an hour all that is bad in us.

et korrupt hjerte frembringer inden for en time alt det dårlige i os.

The text was corrupted by careless copyists.

Teksten blev korrumperet af tankeløse kopister.

The manuscript is so corrupt that parts of it make no sense at all.

Manuskriptet er så korrupt, at dele af det slet ikke giver mening.

unusable files on corrupted disks.

ubrugelige filer på korrupte diske.

He was adamant in his determination to punish the corrupt officials.

Han var utrætteligt insisterende i sin beslutning om at straffe de korrupte embedsmænd.

Real-world Examples

Sometimes, people believe that videogames are corrupting the minds of America`s youth.

Nogle gange tror folk, at videospil er ved at korruptere sindene hos Amerikas ungdom.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2019 Collection

Are you afraid I shall corrupt you?

Er du bange for, at jeg skal korruptere dig?

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

While the honesty has been corrupted by money, should we still trust them?

Selvom ærligheden er blevet korrupt af penge, skal vi så stadig stole på dem?

Source: 50 Sample Essays for English Major Level 8 Exam Memorization

It meant government became more transparent and less corrupt.

Det betød, at regeringen blev mere transparent og mindre korrupt.

Source: World Holidays

702. The abrupt corrupt man had the Xeroxed code corroded in the erosion episode.

702. Den pludselige korrupte mand havde den kopierede kode korroderet i eroderingsepisoden.

Source: Remember 7000 graduate exam vocabulary in 16 days.

Enforcing a contract through Angola's inefficient and sometimes corrupt courts can take years.

Håndhævelse af en kontrakt gennem Angolas ineffektive og nogle gange korrupte domstole kan tage år.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

" And yet you still corrupted him" .

" Og alligevel korrupte du ham stadig" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

The same day, he alleged swing states Biden won were politically corrupt.

Samme dag hævdede han, at svingstaterne, som Biden vandt, var politisk korrupte.

Source: Newsweek

He wanted the justice department to help legitimize his lies to basically call the election corrupt.

Han ville have, at justitsministeriet hjalp med at legitimere hans løgne for grundlæggende at kalde valget korrupt.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

The Jew corrupted us through bad books.

Jøderne korrupte os gennem dårlige bøger.

Source: "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" Original Soundtrack

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