An archaic or dialectal form meaning to corrupt or spoil something.
A variant or obsolete form related to 'corrupt,' possibly influenced by 'crump' (to break or crush). This form is rarely used in modern English.
This is one of those ghost words in English—it appears in some historical texts but fell out of use, possibly because 'corrupt' became the standard form in English-speaking regions.
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