Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corrupter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: cor-rupter
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who or that which corrupts.

Example Sentences

"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 […] ?"
"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 […]"

Etymology

From corrupt + -er.

Inflected Forms

corrupters (plural) corruptor (alternative)

Synonyms

perverter

Questions

What does corrupter mean?: One who or that which corrupts.
Where does corrupter come from?: From corrupt + -er.

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