corrupt

corrompu

Malhonnête ou moralement mauvais, notamment en utilisant son pouvoir pour son profit personnel.

En anglais simple : Dishonest or morally bad, especially when using power for personal gain.

• The mayor was corrupt.
• Corrupt officials demanded money before approving the permit.
• The novel portrays a morally corrupt society.

Synonymes : dishonest, crooked, depraved

Contraires : honest

Expressions courantes : corrupt officials, corrupt government, morally corrupt

corrompu, altéré

Qui contient des erreurs ou des dommages rendant les informations incorrectes ou inutilisables.

En anglais simple : Containing errors or damage that make information incorrect or unusable.

• This file is corrupt.
• We restored the corrupt data from a backup.
• The editor compared two copies of the corrupt text.

Synonymes : damaged, corrupted, faulty

Expressions courantes : corrupt file, corrupt data, corrupt text

avarié, putride

Abîmé ou contaminé, au point de ne plus être sain ni de bonne qualité.

En anglais simple : Spoiled or made impure, so that it is no longer safe or good.

• They refused to eat the corrupt meat.
• The prisoners were given corrupt food.
• A foul smell rose from the corrupt water.

Synonymes : spoiled, tainted, rotten

Contraires : fresh, pure

Expressions courantes : corrupt food, corrupt meat, corrupt water

corrompre

Rendre quelqu’un malhonnête ou l’amener à mal agir.

En anglais simple : To make someone dishonest or lead them to behave badly.

• Money can corrupt people.
• The officials were corrupted by promises of wealth.
• She feared that his influence would corrupt her son.

Synonymes : deprave, pervert

Expressions courantes : corrupt someone, corrupt young minds, power can corrupt

corrompre, endommager

Endommager des informations ou y introduire des erreurs qui empêchent de les utiliser correctement.

En anglais simple : To damage information or introduce errors so that it cannot be used correctly.

• The virus corrupted my files.
• A sudden power failure can corrupt the database.
• Did the failed update corrupt any data?

Synonymes : damage

Expressions courantes : corrupt a file, corrupt the data, corrupt a database

altérer, falsifier

Modifier quelque chose ou y ajouter des éléments en dégradant sa qualité d’origine ou sa vérité.

En anglais simple : To change something or add to it in a way that spoils its original quality or truth.

• These additions corrupt the original text.
• Later writers corrupted the story by adding invented events.
• Critics claimed that borrowed words would corrupt the language.

Synonymes : adulterate, falsify, debase

Contraires : purify

Expressions courantes : corrupt a text, corrupt the language, corrupt the meaning