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deprave::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
| Type of | modify, change, alter |
| Has types | carnalise, carnalize, infect, lead astray, lead off, poison, sensualise, sensualize, suborn, bastardise, bastardize |
| Derivation | depravation, depravity |
Examples of deprave
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You are nothing short of a morally deprave imbecile.
From the economist.com
The 1959 Obscene Publications Act makes it illegal to publish material that tend to deprave and corrupt those reading or viewing it.
From the en.wikipedia.org
According to the wording of the act, the brainchild of Roy Jenkins, literary merit neutralises any tendency to deprave, corrupt, shock or disgust.
From the guardian.co.uk
The question is whether this book tends to deprave the minds of those open to such influences, and into whose hands a publication of this character might come.
From the theatlantic.com
- Corrupt: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
- To speak ill of; to make (a situation) bad or worse; to corrupt; to depreciate; to malign; to revile; to vitiate
