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In reply to the discussion: Democrats delay change to convention superdelegates [View all]Sophia4
(3,515 posts)adjective
1Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials
1.1 Evil or morally depraved.
the old corrupt order
2(of a text or a computer database or program) made unreliable by errors or alterations.
a progressively corrupt magnetic record is usable nonetheless
3archaic (of organic or inorganic matter) in a state of decay; rotten or putrid.
a corrupt and rotting corpseadjective
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/corrupt
The etymological origins of the words related to "corrupt" tell us even more about the meaning, the broad meaning of the word:
corrupt (adj.)
mid-14c., from Old French corropt "unhealthy, corrupt; uncouth" (of language), and directly from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere "to destroy; spoil," figuratively "corrupt, seduce, bribe," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + rup-, past participle stem of rumpere "to break" (see rupture (n.)). Related: Corruptly; corruptness.
corrupt (v.)
mid-14c., "contaminate, impair the purity of," from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere (see corrupt (adj.)). Late 14c. as "pervert the meaning of," also "putrefy." Related: Corrupted; corrupting.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/corrupt
Thhe super delegates are corrupting the Democratic Party and one of the reasons (there are many) that Democrats lose a lot of elections especially at state levels. They weaken the natural ability of the Democratic Party to change and to respond to local and state issues.