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Definition of Corrupter
1. n. One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints; as, a corrupter of morals.
Definition of Corrupter
1. Noun. Agent noun of corrupt; one who corrupts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corrupter
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corrupter
Literary usage of Corrupter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"... stigmatised him as ' a corrupter of youth and an usurer,' and suggested that
a statute to meet such cases in future should be passed, and that the great ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... from that great corrupter of the human heart, arbitrary power: for he was the
moil arbitrary of monarchs, having at his ..."
3. James Mill: A Biography by Alexander Bain (1882)
"The prostituted voter, we said, is less criminal, than his corrupter. Not only
is he less criminal in the principal act; he being to a great degree the ..."
4. James Mill: A Biography by Alexander Bain (1882)
"... is less criminal, than his corrupter. Not only is he less criminal in the
principal act; he being to a great degree the passive tool, the other the ..."
5. The Life of John Milton by Charles Symmons (1822)
"not persuaded myself to omit: and if it be a crime in me, with the fullest sense
of the great powers of his mind, to regard him as a corrupter of our style, ..."
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