1. Archaic. (Of a person) subject to corruption of blood.
“[T]here are divers offences made Treason by Act of Parliament, whereof, though a Man be Attaint, yet his Blood, by Provisoes therein, is not corrupt, nor shall he forfeit any thing….” Thomas Blount, Nomo-Lexicon: A Law-Dictionary (1670).
2. Having an unlawful or depraved motive; esp., influenced by bribery.
corrupt, vb.
1. Archaic. To impose corruption of blood on (a person).
2. To change (a person’s morals or principles) from good to bad.
