- corrupt
- ▪ I. corrupt cor‧rupt 1 [kəˈrʌpt] adjective1. LAW using power in a dishonest or illegal way in order to get money or an advantage of some kind:
• Swiss justice, in our experience, is as tough on corrupt bankers as it is on all other criminals.
• people wilfully involved in bribery or other corrupt practices
2. COMPUTING information on a computer that is corrupt has been damaged and can no longer be read or used by a computer:• The file may contain corrupt data and may cause your machine to crash.
[m0] ▪ II. corrupt corrupt 2 verb [transitive]1. to encourage someone to behave in an immoral or dishonest way:• US politics has been corrupted by money and the influence of special interests.
2. COMPUTING to damage information on a computer, so that it can no longer be read or used by a computer:• viruses which can corrupt and destroy computer data
— corrupted adjective [only before a noun] :• A corrupted file is a big problem; you might never recover the data.
— corruptible adjective :• providing arms and money to a corruptible military regime
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Ⅰ.corrupt UK US /kəˈrʌpt/ adjective► using 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
Ⅱ.corrupt UK US /kəˈrʌpt/ verb [T]► to 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.
Financial and business terms. 2012.