corrupter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person, influence, or thing that morally degrades, debases, bribes, contaminates, or otherwise causes corruption

   Socrates was accused of being a corrupter of the young.

The English agent noun formed from corrupt and -er. Corrupt ultimately comes from Latin corrumpere, 'to destroy, spoil, or seduce,' from com-, 'together or completely,' and rumpere, 'to break.' The less common spelling corruptor reflects the Latin agent noun corruptor.

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