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deprave

verb as in corrupt, lead astray

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"And his depraved strikes on young children in a nursery this week make that crystal clear," he added.

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But the current purpose of the lie is even more depraved than we usually get from this self-proclaimed beacon of Christian morality.

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The trial judge described him as "depraved", "arrogant" and a "bully".

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Etoria and four other individuals - from Cuba, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen - were described by the US government as "depraved monsters" when they were expelled to Eswatini in southern Africa in July.

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Police said blackmailing children into sending increasingly depraved pictures of themselves became the unemployed 22-year-old's "full-time job" from his bedroom at his parent's house in Wigan.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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