🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

부패범

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bupaebeom

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Corruptor/kəˈrʌp.tər/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"경찰은 공공 자금을 횡령한 부패범을 체포했다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or thing that causes moral deterioration, depravity, or dishonesty in others.

    "The undercover investigation exposed him as the main corruptor within the municipal procurement department."
  2. 2

    A software program, process, or mechanism that damages data or makes digital files unusable.

    "A faulty memory module acted as a silent corruptor of critical system databases."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Middle English word corruptour, borrowing from Old French corrupteur and ultimately from the Latin corruptor, an agent noun derived from corrumpere (to destroy, bribe, or spoil). Historically, it has referred to both moral decay agents and those who alter or falsify texts or systems.

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