Literary notes about corrupt (AI summary)
The word "corrupt" in literature often connotes a degeneration from an original, unblemished state, whether referring to moral decay, physical deterioration, or textual degradation. In many writings, it describes characters or institutions that have become deformed by vice or malice—as seen when practices are labeled as infamous and dangerous ([1]) or when a person is depicted as "false and corrupt to the marrow of your bones" ([2]). The term is also used to illustrate a process of decay in materials and even in texts, where original readings are lost due to damage or misinterpretation ([3], [4]). This multiplicity of usage—spanning the corruption of manners and morals as well as the physical and intellectual spoiling of language—demonstrates its versatility in capturing the idea of a decline from purity into disfigurement ([5], [6], [7]).