The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.

Behavioural deviation from an accepted ethical standard.

dishonest and illegal behaviour

lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

In computer data storage, permanent errors in reproduction that damage or erase some or all of the data. Corruption can be caused by damp, magnetism, scratching, etc., or by bad files.

A threat action that undesirably alters system operation by adversely modifying system functions or data.

When systems have poor error checking protocols, the possibility exists that data reported by the reader is not the data transmitted by the transponder. This is defined as corrupted data.

Term used to describe any unanticipated and undesired alteration of a file, usually caused by software conflicts or hardware malfunctions. Corrupted files usually do not operate as expected.

The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.

The product of corruption; putrid matter.

in a state of progressive putrefaction

The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language.

A substantial change which makes a substance cease to be.

Corruption or bastardization is a way of referring to certain changes in a language. The most common way that a word can be said to be corrupted is the change of its spelling through errors and gradual changes in comprehension, transcription, and hearing. This is especially common with words borrowed from another language.