corrupter
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7.0
- noun
- /kəˈrʌptər/
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corruptor
- Thou proud disturber of thy country's peace, corrupter of thy king, cause of these broils.
Examples
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He was a corrupter of youth who had to be stopped in his tracks.
Blog text (14) -
Opponents demonized it as the ultimate corrupter of youth.
Academic text (2006) -
He is both corrupt and a corrupter of others.
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A corrupter of children.
Fiction book (1996) -
Hershleder saw this dealer there, this corrupter of the young and not so young, this drug pusher, almost every day for months and months.
Fiction book (1995) -
We must expose the corrupters, shine a light on their treachery once and for all.
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Unquestionably, it is they who are the corrupters, but they perceive not.
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Meletus says, "all the Athenians" make the young better -- all, that is, except the corrupter Socrates.
Academic text (2002) -
Finally, Rousseau deplored the themes in Rococo painting as corrupters of taste, and he named Ovid specifically as an obscene author.
Academic text (1994) -
The corrupter of morality in society is often money and greed.
Synonyms
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5.3
A person whose bad actions harm others in a group
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6.9
A person who tries to make others do wrong things
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7.3
A person or thing that makes people dishonest
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7.3
A person who gives money or gifts to make someone do something dishonest
A person who makes something worse or less valuable
How Corrupting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Corrupter comes from the Latin parts cor- and rupt, from the old word 'rumpere' where rupt means 'to break'. So a corrupter is someone who 'spoils' other people by breaking their honesty, which is why it means a person who makes others dishonest.