ˈräd.ə(r), -ätə- noun
( -s )
1. : one that rots
2. : an unprincipled, lazy, or weak person
rotters who will trip, gouge, beat, sneak, lie, cheat, and steal to win — Emporia (Kans.) Gazette
a drunken rotter
the brave man's courage, the rotter ' s cowardice — Dixon Wecter