A person or thing that corrupts or causes corruption; someone who bribes or morally corrupts others.
From Latin 'corruptor,' literally 'one who corrupts.' The suffix '-or' creates an agent noun, identifying the person or force that performs the action of corrupting.
Ancient Rome had a whole class of these people—military generals were often called 'corruptors' if they bribed soldiers to mutiny or turn against Rome. The word carries weight because it identifies not just bad behavior, but someone whose specific job is causing corruption.
Word formation with -or ending historically defaulted to masculine agent noun in English. Female agent 'corruptress' exists but is marked (rare, archaic), indicating historical linguistic asymmetry where masculine forms were unmarked default.
When referring to perpetrators generally, use 'corruptor' for any gender or use 'corrupt actor/agent' for neutrality.
["corrupt actor","corrupt agent","corrupter (gender-neutral)"]
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