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Bettauer was denounced as a communist and a corrupter of the city's youth.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2022

“Today we have neither anyone responsible nor guilty, it’s the theory of magic corruption. There is no corrupter, no corrupted,” he told the court.

From Reuters • Jan. 21, 2021

Walmart de Mexico was an aggressive and creative corrupter, offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2014

"He has created the world he wants to create in this madness, but as we know, power is a great corrupter."

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2012

Jove ask’d the cause of this disgust: “I hate him, as he is unjust, To wicked men the most inclined, And grand corrupter of mankind.”

From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)