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depraved

[dih-preyvd] / dɪˈpreɪvd /


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Calling him a "depraved individual", the judge at Nottingham Crown Court handed him a two-year suspended prison sentence.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Yet its parties, even at their most decadent and depraved, were never quite cool.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

By the way, the release date for the new and depraved “Animal Farm” is May 1, 2026—International Workers’ Day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

“To intentionally create a situation where that could have been the outcome, it’s depraved and mind-blowing,” Willis said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

“Those planes belong to the syndicate, and everybody has a share. Confiscate? How can you possibly confiscate your own private property? Confiscate, indeed! I’ve never heard anything so depraved in my whole life.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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