corruptercorruptorn.

Brit.

/kəˈrʌptə/, U.S.

/kəˈrəptər/

Forms: Also 1500s -ar, -our.

Etymology: < corrupt v. + -er suffix¹; also spelt -or, like the Latin agent-noun < corrumpĕre, and in 16th cent. with Anglo-Norman ending -our = modern French corrupteur.

a. One who or that which corrupts: in various senses.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [noun] > one who perverts

adulterer?c1430

writher1498

perverter?a1500

wrester1533

corruptera1538

wringerc1560

racker1565

wreather1566

hackera1603

wracker1719

torturer1830

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > rotten or putrefying condition > rotting or putrefying > putrefying agent

corruptera1538

putrefier1651

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > corrupting > one who or that which

corrumper1474

corruptera1538

debaucher1631

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 99 Lyve alway as commyn corruptarys of chastyte.

1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 17 Her corruptour beynge byheaded.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions iv. 20 To much moisture, the corrupter of such carcasses.

1656 W. Prynne Short Demurrer to Jewes Remitter 22 They were corrupters and counterfeiters of the Kings mony.

a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 221 The Artifices of Corruptors.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 65. ⁋5 The great Corrupter of our Manners and Morality.

1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. I. 401 There are three foul corrupters of a language; caprice, affectation, and ignorance!

1880 E. White Certainty in Relig. 62 The apostles do not hesitate to attribute the worst motives to corrupters of the truth.

b. One guilty of bribery or ‘corrupt practices’.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who bribes

meeder1556

bribe-monger1563

suborner1577

briber1679

bribe broker1787

corrupter1821

boodler1885

tipster1889

nobbler1982

1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 47 Corruptors, regular or casual.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 116 Bribery is not only an offence in the corruptor, but also in the person receiving the bribe.

1886 Spectator 6 Mar. 313/2 The vote might be reckoned as given for the corrupter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	corrupter
释义	corruptercorruptorn. Brit. /kəˈrʌptə/, U.S. /kəˈrəptər/ Forms: Also 1500s -ar, -our. Etymology: < corrupt v. + -er suffix¹; also spelt -or, like the Latin agent-noun < corrumpĕre, and in 16th cent. with Anglo-Norman ending -our = modern French corrupteur. a. One who or that which corrupts: in various senses. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [noun] > one who perverts adulterer?c1430 writher1498 perverter?a1500 wrester1533 corruptera1538 wringerc1560 racker1565 wreather1566 hackera1603 wracker1719 torturer1830 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > rotten or putrefying condition > rotting or putrefying > putrefying agent corruptera1538 putrefier1651 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > corrupting > one who or that which corrumper1474 corruptera1538 debaucher1631 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 99 Lyve alway as commyn corruptarys of chastyte. 1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 17 Her corruptour beynge byheaded. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions iv. 20 To much moisture, the corrupter of such carcasses. 1656 W. Prynne Short Demurrer to Jewes Remitter 22 They were corrupters and counterfeiters of the Kings mony. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 221 The Artifices of Corruptors. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 65. ⁋5 The great Corrupter of our Manners and Morality. 1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. I. 401 There are three foul corrupters of a language; caprice, affectation, and ignorance! 1880 E. White Certainty in Relig. 62 The apostles do not hesitate to attribute the worst motives to corrupters of the truth. b. One guilty of bribery or ‘corrupt practices’. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who bribes meeder1556 bribe-monger1563 suborner1577 briber1679 bribe broker1787 corrupter1821 boodler1885 tipster1889 nobbler1982 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 47 Corruptors, regular or casual. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 116 Bribery is not only an offence in the corruptor, but also in the person receiving the bribe. 1886 Spectator 6 Mar. 313/2 The vote might be reckoned as given for the corrupter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1538
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