Polluter (Noun)
Meaning
A person or organization that causes pollution of the environment.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The multinational corporation was labeled a major polluter of the local river after it was found to be dumping toxic waste into the waterway.
- Environmental activists took to the streets to protest against the city's biggest polluter, a coal-fired power plant that had been spewing pollutants into the air for decades.
- The company was fined heavily for being a polluter of the nearby wetlands, where its leaky oil tank had contaminated the soil and water.
- Years of unchecked industrial activity had turned the city's main industrial area into a notorious hub for polluter factories that coughed up smoke and noxious fumes day and night.
- After being exposed for its reckless disregard for the environment, the manufacturing firm was branded a polluter and lost a significant portion of its business to competitors with greener reputations.