corrupt
v.v. to change something from good to bad, or to make someone act dishonestly. You also use it when a computer file breaks and will not open correctly.
v. to cause someone to act dishonestly or immorally, typically through bribery or undue influence; to alter digital data from its original state, rendering it unreadable.
The virus will corrupt your files if you open that email.
The investigation revealed that the lobbyist tried to corrupt several officials by offering them expensive gifts.
While the hardware remained intact, a sudden power surge managed to corrupt the database, forcing the engineering team to restore the system from an earlier backup.
From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”).
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object, such as a person, a file, or a process.
The file was corrupted from a virus.The file was corrupted by a virus.When using the passive voice to describe the cause of corruption, use the preposition 'by' rather than 'from'.