corrotte

Corrotte is the feminine plural form of the Italian adjective corrotto, meaning corrupted or bribed. It is used to describe feminine plural nouns and is derived from the verb corrompere, “to corrupt.” As an adjective or past participle, corrotto and its feminine plural corrotte agree with the nouns they modify.

Usage examples are common in discussions of morality, governance, or institutions. Phrases such as istituzioni corrotte (corrupt institutions), aziende corrotte (corrupt companies), or banche corrotte (corrupt banks) illustrate how the term functions in attributive position. It can appear predicatively after essere, as in Le banche sono corrotte (The banks are corrupt).

Etymology and related terms: corrotto comes from the Italian corrompere, itself from Latin corrumpere. The related noun form for the concept of corruption is corruzione. Thus, corrotte shares a common root with other Romance-language expressions for corruption and moral decay.

In non-Italian contexts, corrotte generally appears only in translations, quotations, or linguistic discussion. In English-language writing, the concept is typically rendered as corrupt or corrupted, and the noun corruption. There is no widely recognized use of corrotte as a standalone term or name outside Italian grammar, making it primarily of interest to learners of Italian and scholars examining Italian morphology.