corrupt
adjective
uk/kəˈrʌpt/ ususing your position or power dishonestly or illegally for your own advantage, especially to make money:
a corrupt businessman/official/manager, etc. On the advice of a corrupt financial adviser, the accused understated their income by tens of thousands of dollars.
corrupt activities/practices
IT
used to describe information on a computer that has been damaged or changed in some way and cannot be used:
corrupt data/files
corrupt
verb [ T ]
uk/kəˈrʌpt/ usto influence someone into doing bad or dishonest things:
It is said that power can corrupt people.
IT
to change or damage the information on a computer file so that it cannot be used:
Most of the data on the hard drive was corrupted.