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Definition[1]

dūsaka : [adj.] one who defiles or defames; corrupting; spoiling.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Dūsaka (adj. -- n.) [Sk. dūṣaka] corrupting, disgracing, one who defiles or defames; a robber, rebel A v.71 (bhikkhunī˚); J ii.270; iv.495; Sn 89 (kula˚ one who spoils the reputation of the clan); DhA ii.23 (kuṭi˚ an incendiary); Miln 20 (pantha˚). As dussaka at J v.113 (kamma˚); Sn A 287 (mitta˚, v. l. B. for dūbhaka). -- panthadūsaka a highwayman Miln 290. -- f. dūsikā J iii.179 (also as dūsiyā=dosakārikā);  harmless Sn 312 (see a˚).

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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