corruptionist
English
Etymology
From corruption + -ist.
Noun
corruptionist (plural corruptionists)
- Someone who corrupts, or who is prone to corruption.
- 1825, Sydney Smith, “Bentham's Book of Fallacies”, in Edinburgh Review:
- The first effort of the corruptionist is to fix the epithet Speculative upon any scheme which he thinks may cherish the spirit of reform
Related terms
- corruptionism
References
- “corruptionist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.