as in pervert
a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard
a resort popular with wealthy rakehells
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or rakehelly
as in corrupt
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
a rakehell rock band that was notorious for trashing virtually every hotel suite they ever stayed in
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Noun
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Nora Ephron for depressed perverts.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026 -
You are being spied on by a pervert.—
Jay Ruttenberg,
New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Pratt, who did not respond to a request for comment, lost his Pacific Palisades home in the fires and has won over many frustrated city residents with his anti-establishment message and cheeky AI videos — including one casting him as Batman, taking on a corrupt Democratic bourgeoisie.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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Well, that's absurd, and this was really corrupt from the start.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Especially compared to the degenerates and felons all around him in the Mets clubhouse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Apr. 2026
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The product exploded, generating trillions and minting a new class of crypto degenerates who were willing to take massive risks that, occasionally, resulted in millions.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Air force and air defenses The Revolutionary Air Force and Air Defense Force are widely regarded as the most degraded branch of Cuba’s military.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
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About 900 flights experience GPS disruptions daily, with degraded GPS service affecting a dozen or so transatlantic flights.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Even the ur-sockless-boulevardier rake, Jude Law, wears socks on the red carpet.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The away end is a bit of a dump; the seating rake is too shallow.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Adjective
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The Ebola virus is spread through close contact with sick or deceased patients’ bodily fluids, such as sweat, blood, feces or vomit.—
Justin Kabumba,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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While filming the 1993 comedy, Field found out that her father, who had been sick and was in a nursing home, was dying.—
Sharareh Drury,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 May 2026
Noun
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The protagonist of A Love Story is a lover boy, a libertine, a gossip, a flirt.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
4 Dec. 2025
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The libertines will begin the film in suits.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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His most famous early picture, of three rakish young farmers walking to a country dance in new hats, stiff suits, and too-big shoes, couldn’t have been a commission.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Nine years younger than Hepburn, Dotti was the fun-loving, rakish son of an aristocratic Italian family.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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“Rakehell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rakehell. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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