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# corrupt, corruption
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## Definition
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The term "corrupt" describes someone or something that has become bad or evil. Corruption refers to a state of being in which people or things have become ruined, immoral, or dishonest.
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* To be corrupt or corrupted literally means to be bent or broken morally.
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* A person who is corrupt has turned away from truth and is doing things that are dishonest or immoral.
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* To corrupt someone means to influence that person to do dishonest and immoral things.
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## Translation Suggestions
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* The term "to corrupt" could be translated as "to influence to do evil" or "to cause to be immoral."
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* A corrupt person could be described as a person "who has become immoral" or "who practices evil."
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* This term could also be translated as "bad" or "immoral" or "evil."
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* The term corruption could be translated as "the practice of evil" or "evil" or "immorality."
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