1. made morally bad or dishonest
2. damaged or altered from the original form
Usage: computing; technical
3. spoiled or made impure

Examples

• The corrupted official accepted bribes from several companies.
• The computer file was corrupted and couldn’t be opened.
• Years of power had left him corrupted and cynical.
• The corrupted data caused the program to crash repeatedly.
• She refused to work for the corrupted organization.
• The backup drive contained corrupted files from the virus attack.