comprachicos
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌkɒmprəˈkiːkoʊs/
- Offensive
- Some educators warned that the strict regime turned teachers into comprachicos who stifled creativity.
Examples
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Critics accused the media of acting as modern comprachicos by spreading harmful ideas to children.
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The comprachicos of society often exploit vulnerable children.
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The novel describes a secret society of comprachicos who manipulate young minds for their own purposes.
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Many believe that modern media acts like comprachicos for young minds.
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The novel describes a secret society of comprachicos who manipulate young minds for their own purposes.
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Critics accused the media of acting as modern comprachicos by spreading harmful ideas to children.
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Many believe that modern media acts like comprachicos for young minds.
Synonyms
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8.3
A person who harms or tricks another person to control them
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7.0
Someone who makes other people act dishonestly or immorally
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7.3
A person or thing that makes people dishonest
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Comprachicos comes from the Spanish parts compra 'buy' and chicos 'children'. So, used in a modern or figurative way, it names a person or group that harms, exploits, or corrupts children's development as if they were being 'bought' or shaped for someone else's purpose.