corrupter

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noun

One who or that which corrupts.

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nouncorrupter (plural corrupters)

plural corrupters · alternative corruptor

  1. One who or that which corrupts.

    Can love, which always seeks the good of its object, attempt to betray a woman into a bargain where she is so greatly to be the loser? If such corrupter, therefore, should have the impudence to pretend a real affection for her, ought not the woman to regard him […] as the worst of all enemies […] ?

    1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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    Since the 1980s, video games have widely been lambasted as a medium that is at best a waste of time and at worst a training ground for violence and aggression. Despite popularized media depictions of video games as corrupters of youth, to date, no study has definitively demonstrated any such link […]

    2018, Kristin M.S. Bezio, Kimberly Yost, Leadership, Popular Culture and Social Change, page 157

    Synonyms: perverter

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nounOne who or that which corrupts.

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Italian corruttore, corruttrice
  • corruttoreone who corrupts
  • corruttriceone who corrupts
Latin corruptor, corruptrix
  • corruptorone who corrupts
  • corruptrixone who corrupts
Spanish corrompedor, corrompedora
  • corrompedorone who corrupts
  • corrompedoraone who corrupts
  • corrumpenteone who corrupts

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“corrupter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corrupter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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