defiler

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He was the primal traitor, the earliest defiler of the Party’s purity.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Therefore he was defiled and a defiler of others.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Better death than to continue in being passion-ridden by this defiler, in the presence of whom she became so loathsome in her own sight—that she dared not pray....

From She Buildeth Her House by Comfort, William Wistar

Between 1710 and 1729 Anthony Collins was lampooned, satirized, and gravely denounced from pulpit and press as England’s most insidious defiler of church and state.

From A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) by Collins, Anthony

This style of dissipation is the abettor of pride, the instigator of jealousy, the sacrificial altar of health, the defiler of the soul, the avenue of lust, and the curse of the town.

From The Abominations of Modern Society by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)