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adulterator

adulterator

9.5
A person who adds illegal or low quality ingredients to make a product impure
  • noun
  • /əˈdʌltəˌreɪtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : adulterador
  • As an adulterator of medicines, he harmed many unsuspecting people.

Examples

  • The health inspector caught the adulterator mixing chemicals into the olive oil.

  • Strict laws punish any adulterator who contaminates food products.

  • The adulterator was caught mixing cheap ingredients.

  • Many companies use an adulterator to cut costs.

  • The company faced severe penalties for using an adulterator in their products, which compromised customer safety.

  • Consumer advocates warn against adulterators that may sneak harmful ingredients into food and drinks.

  • The milk was found to contain substances from an adulterator, making it unsafe for consumption.

Synonyms

diluter
vsadulterator
6.8

A person or thing that makes something weaker and less pure

reduces purity by adding inferior or prohibited ingredients
impairer
vsadulterator
8.6

A person or thing that makes something worse and less able to work

focuses specifically on lowering purity through added inferior ingredients

Antonyms

preserver
2 4.7

A person who protects people, traditions, or objects to keep them safe

How Contaminating

pollutant
36 4.3
contaminant
31 6.1
adulterator
  • Specialized
9.5
diluter
4.5

Surface Forms

adulterator singular
adulterators plural

Morphology

adulterator = adulterate (transparent) = adulterate + or

Standard derivation: the agentive suffix '-or' forms a noun meaning 'one/thing that adulterates'.

Etymology

The word adulterator comes from the Latin verb adulterare, meaning 'to make impure', plus the agent ending -or which names a person or thing that does something. So an adulterator is a person or thing that 'makes something impure' by adding inferior or forbidden parts.