corrupter

noun

variants also corruptor
Definition of corrupternext
1
as in perverter

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2
as in criminal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corrupter
  1. criminal
  2. villain
  3. reprobate
  4. inducer
  5. lawbreaker
  6. felon
Noun
  • The film focuses on young Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) — who's accidentally left home alone over the holidays — and his clever plans to outwit a pair of criminals trying to rob his home on Christmas Eve.
    Athena Sobhan, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Trump has said deportations will focus on criminals first, as immigration enforcement has since former President Barack Obama's presidency.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of criminal
Noun
  • Or even an appearance from Tom Holland’s Peter Parker that would mean two hours haven’t been wasted watching this forgettable origin tale of a villain who’s not really THAT bad.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The Grinch bore a striking resemblance to Jim Carrey's version of the beloved Christmas villain.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of villain
Noun
  • Imagine Millennial filmmakers asserting a new neorealism to examine the intimate, fraternal, and familial relations of those infamous Martin, Brown, and Floyd reprobates.
    Armond White, National Review, 19 June 2024
  • All these years later, all of us remain just as torn about these enormously charismatic reprobates.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
Definition of reprobate
Noun
  • Because Lost had not yet trained us to expect such surprises, this was a genuine gasp inducer.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 4 July 2024
  • For the first two years of analysis, I was consumed with feelings of reproach and even hatred against my parents, seeing them as all-culpable vehicles and inducers of neurotic misery.
    Oliver Sacks, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of inducer
Noun
  • Hochman said his office would specifically go after lawbreakers linked to gangs.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Dec. 2024
  • But this harlequin moll can’t match Joker’s lunacy as either lawbreaker or musician.
    Armond White, National Review, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of lawbreaker
Noun
  • Detectives can pull video from the gun store and review evidence for a potential arrest for charges such as being a felon in possession of a firearm, violating a restraining order or violating terms of bail, the inspector said.
    Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In most cases, those who do make these crossings face civil penalties, or removal, but they are rarely prosecuted as felons.
    Dan Gooding, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of felon
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