corrupter
corrupter noun: one who or that which corrupts.
Noun
corrupter (plural corrupters)
- 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
- 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
Synonyms of corrupter
Forms of corrupter
| plural | corrupters |
|---|---|
| alternative form | corruptor |
Origin of corrupter
From corrupt + -er.
Questions about corrupter
- What does corrupter mean?
- Corrupter means one who or that which corrupts.
- What part of speech is corrupter?
- Corrupter is a noun.
- What is the plural of corrupter?
- The plural of corrupter is corrupters.
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