😈 Makes people bad 💾 Damages data 📝 Alters records

corrupter

7.8

Something that changes written records or adds errors

noun
/kəˈrʌptər/

: corruptor

Many people believe that unchecked power can turn leaders into corrupters of integrity and honesty.

Examples

No doubt, I was once one of those young, ambitious "methods types" loathed by the old guard as computerized corrupters of scholarship.

Academic text (1995)
The editor was seen as a corrupter of the original manuscript, changing the author's intended meaning.
As a corrupter of historical documents, his changes led to widespread misinformation about the events.

Synonyms

tamperer

vscorrupter

1 7.5

A person who secretly changes something without permission

covers any alteration of texts or records, not only secret interference

corruptor

vscorrupter

Specialized

8.0

Something that damages computer files or memory, making them unreadable

targets texts or records broadly rather than only digital data

bowdlerizer

vscorrupter

Literature

9.9

A person who removes offensive parts from a book or play

applies to damaging or introducing errors into texts, not censoring for offense

Antonyms

corrector

1 4.3

A person or tool that finds and fixes mistakes in writing

How Damaging

forger

NSFW

13 6.3

corrupter

7.8

tamperer

1 7.5

Surface Forms

corrupter singular

corrupters plural

Morphology

corrupter = corrupt (transparent) = corrupt + er

Standard agentive noun formed from the verb 'corrupt'; the sense 'person or thing that alters or introduces errors' follows directly.

Etymology

Corrupter comes from the Latin parts cor- and rupt, from the old word 'rumpere' where rupt means 'to break', as in rupture. So a corrupter is something that 'breaks' or spoils a text or record, changing its meaning or making it wrong.