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seductionist|sɪˈdʌkʃənɪst|
[f. seduction + -ist.]
One who practises seduction; one who practises or upholds corruption in public affairs.
1817Bentham Parl. Reform Introd. 143 Bribe-offering, bribe-giving, seducer or seductionist, corruptor or corruptionist. 1818― Parl. Reform Catech. 61 The seductionist, by whose hand..the instrument of seduction most extensively and conspicuously employed, is that mostly known by the name of bribery, or corruption. 1884B'ham Wkly. Post 15 Nov. 4/6 Cleveland [was depicted] as an ‘aristocratic seductionist’. |