Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Corrupt \Cor*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrupted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Corrupting}.]
   1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to
      make putrid; to putrefy.

   2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to
      pervert; to debase; to defile.

            Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1. Cor.
                                                  xv. 33.

   3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to
      corrupt a judge by a bribe.

            Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no
            king can corrupt.                     --Shak.

   4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations;
      to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred
      text.

            He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he
            does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . .
            yet he stops the pines.               --Locke.

   5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.

            Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,
            where moth and rust doth corrupt.     --Matt. vi.
                                                  19.

Source : WordNet®

corrupting
     adj 1: seducing into corrupt practices
     2: harmful to the mind or morals; "corrupt judges and their
        corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of
        violence" [syn: {degrading}]
     3: that infects or taints [syn: {contaminating}]