as in to corrupt
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
the belief that pornography depraves society as a whole
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Recent Examples of deprave
Online court records show he is charged with first-degree murder dangerous depraved without premeditation.
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Kc Baker,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Murdering a teenaged iconic athlete shows how deeply depraved the Iranian leadership is.
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Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
Trump's No Kings video was truly depraved.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
20 Oct. 2025
DiCaprio has played disturbed and depraved individuals in Scorsese’s films before, but Killers of the Flower Moon is something different.
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Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
The company goes on to say the infringing product depraves Levi’s its rights to use and control its trademark and maintain its reputation with consumers, licensees and collaborators and allows others to believe the distinctive features of the Tab trademark may be misappropriated for their use.
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Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Jan. 2025
They are depraved on account of being deprived.
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Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
14 Dec. 2024
All writings, unpalatable for one section of the society, cannot be labeled as obscene, vulgar, depraving, prurient and immoral. . . .
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Amitava Kumar,
The New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2019
This is especially true when the news operation is clearly on the side of righteousness against a policy as depraved this.
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David Zurawik,
baltimoresun.com,
15 June 2018
Kc Baker,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Murdering a teenaged iconic athlete shows how deeply depraved the Iranian leadership is.
—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
Trump's No Kings video was truly depraved.
—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
20 Oct. 2025
DiCaprio has played disturbed and depraved individuals in Scorsese’s films before, but Killers of the Flower Moon is something different.
—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
The company goes on to say the infringing product depraves Levi’s its rights to use and control its trademark and maintain its reputation with consumers, licensees and collaborators and allows others to believe the distinctive features of the Tab trademark may be misappropriated for their use.
—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Jan. 2025
They are depraved on account of being deprived.
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Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
14 Dec. 2024
All writings, unpalatable for one section of the society, cannot be labeled as obscene, vulgar, depraving, prurient and immoral. . . .
—
Amitava Kumar,
The New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2019
This is especially true when the news operation is clearly on the side of righteousness against a policy as depraved this.
—
David Zurawik,
baltimoresun.com,
15 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deprave
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Americans are angry that their kids are being indoctrinated into a left-wing ideology intended to infiltrate their hearts and corrupt their moral center.
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Character also involves standing up to people who are bankrupting and corrupting this country.
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This involves sealing all cracks, crevices and entry points with materials that won't degrade over time.
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Batteries degrade, actuators wear out, sensors drift, and every safety case has to hold.
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Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s consumer spending slowdown persisted in June, with growth during one of the country’s largest online shopping festivals weakening sharply from a year earlier.
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All three of those protagonists have been weakened in their roles by what has gone on.
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And regular Kate Moss’s turn on the decks one memorable, and debauched, night in 2015 had revelers literally swinging from the chandeliers.
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In its archetypal form, the seduction plot features a sybaritic aristocrat who attempts to debauch an upstanding daughter of the bourgeoisie.
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The trial collapsed after the journalist was found to have tampered with evidence (he was later convicted of perverting the course of justice).
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In recent years, drag has been positioned as a cultural lightning rod as part of a right-wing political effort to paint drag artists as depraved actors out to pervert gender norms, especially for children.
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These movies are about shocking and surprising the audience by setting up an expectation and then subverting that expectation.
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Director Wes Craven executes a masterclass in tension, shock, and subverting expectations.
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Only the United States was humiliated; both countries have experienced a catastrophic loss.
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However, they were then humiliated 2-1, after extra time, by second division side Torreense in the final.
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The summer blockbuster, which premieres June 26, will follow Supergirl's three-day mission to obtain a cure for her superdog and friend, Krypto, who is poisoned by villainous alien Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts).
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Last year, harmful algae blooming off Southern California poisoned hundreds of dolphins and sea lions off Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, causing strandings along popular beaches.
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