corruption
noun [ U ]
uk/kəˈrʌpʃən/ usdishonest or illegal behaviour involving a person in a position of power, for example, accepting money for doing something illegal or immoral:
He was a member of the team looking into allegations of corruption in the local government building-works department.
Aragon pleaded not guilty to all corruption charges.
In some of these markets corruption is rife.
IT
the fact of information on a computer being damaged in some way and not able to be used:
data corruption