corrupt

/kəˈrʌpt/

意味: 堕落させる、汚職を行う

例文: Momo corrupted the treat system—deliciously.
　　  モモはおやつ制度を美味しく腐敗させた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: corrupt official(腐敗した役人), corrupt practice(不正行為), corrupt system(腐敗したシステム)

定義: 不正や不道徳な行動をすることを指します。特に権力を持つ人が自分の利益のために悪いことをする場合に使われます。例えば、賄賂を受け取ったり、法律を無視したりすることです。

corruptは約70,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Verb: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
Verb: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
Verb: alter from the original
Adjective: lacking in integrity
Adjective: not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
Adjective: containing errors or alterations
Adjective: touched by rot or decay

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The corrupt official accepted bribes without hesitation.(その腐敗した役人はためらわず賄賂を受け取った。)
Corrupt data can ruin the entire research project.(不正確なデータは研究全体を台無しにする。)
They exposed the corrupt practices within the company.(彼らは会社内の不正行為を暴露した。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: debauch the young people with wine and women
Verb: Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
Verb: Do school counselors subvert young children?
Verb: corrupt the morals
Verb: This judge can be bought
Verb: sully someone’s reputation
Adjective: humanity they knew to be corrupt…from the day of Adam’s creation
Adjective: a corrupt and incompetent city government
Adjective: a corrupt text
Adjective: spoke a corrupted version of the language
Adjective: tainted bacon
Adjective: `corrupt’ is archaic

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bribe, buy, cloud, corrupt, corrupted, crooked, debase, debauch, defile, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, grease one’s palms, misdirect, pervert, profane, spoil, subvert, sully, taint, tainted, vitiate

Antonyms(反意語): incorrupt, straight

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, mar, modify, pay

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, attemper, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, bribe, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, buffer, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, compensate, complicate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cream, cry, cushion, customize, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deface, defile, deflate, deform, defray, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, disburse, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, finance, fix, flatten, flocculate, foot, freeze, frenchify, full, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, go dutch, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inflect, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, kick back, laicize, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, optimize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, overpay, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, pay cash, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, prefer, prepay, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, put up, qualify, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, redeem, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, refund, relax, remit, remodel, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, soup up, specialize, spend, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, subsidize, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, syncopate, tame, temper, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tithe, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, underpay, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, update, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bastardize, buy off, infect, lead off, load, poison, sensualize, sop, suborn

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: bribable, bribe, briber, bribery, cloud, corruptible, corruption, corruptive, corruptness, crookedness, debasement, debauch, debauchee, debaucher, debauchery, demoralisation, demoralization, depravation, depravity, perversive, pervert, profanation, spoliation, subversion

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): co

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative