corrupt

/kəˈrʌpt/ verb [T]

Definition

› 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.

(Definition of corrupt verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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