corrupt: adj. (Middle English, from
Latin corruptus)
1a: morally degenerate and
perverted: DEPRAVED
b: characterized by improper conduct
(as bribery or the selling of favors)<corrupt politicians>
2: PUTRID, TAINTED
3: adulterated or debased by change
from an original or correct condition
Synonym see VICIOUS Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
"There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution."--John Adams, 1789
