corruptionist

English

Etymology

From corruption +‎ -ist.

Noun

corruptionist (plural corruptionists)

  1. 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
  • corruptionism

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