corruptioneer
English edit
Etymology edit
From corruption + -eer.
Noun edit
corruptioneer (plural corruptioneers)
- (uncommon, colloquial) One involved in corruption.
- 1954, {unattributed}, Future Science Fiction, Volume 5, Issues 1-3
- "As a corruptioneer from way back himself it seems that […] "
- 1975, Finis Farr, Fair enough: the life of Westbrook Pegler[1]:
- "Doggedly loyal to Pendergast was Truman, faithful to the "corruptioneer" who had sent him to the Senate."
- 1954, {unattributed}, Future Science Fiction, Volume 5, Issues 1-3