scurrilousness

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Noun
  • The electoral authority based the candidate bans on a law against corrupt practices that in previous years saw some parliamentary seats bought with money linked to drug trafficking, corruption and tax evasion.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Seems like far too many appreciate this type of corruption, and making money on SM for lies, is precisely that.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Moral degeneracy, discipline issues and low literacy rates are products of removing the Bible from classrooms, Hall said.
    Rachel Royster July 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
  • The team found that a near-infrared resolving power of at least 40 is the minimum needed to break that degeneracy.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • More broadly, this same chain of logic turns the Voting Rights Act into a zombie law, a perversion of its intended purpose that now mostly protects white Americans from any attempts to break their disproportionate control of voting machinery.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
  • The Fair Districts law is a partisan perversion walking around in a phony non-partisan trenchcoat.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And a relatively small number of conservative states have banned drag shows under public indecency or obscenity statutes.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 30 June 2026
  • Some of the city's health standards will also be revised to add exceptions to existing indecency laws.
    Aki Nace, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The aisles were so choked that blooms and branches brushed against us, the air heady with the scent of lilies, roses, eucalyptus, and sweet decay.
    Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
  • The physical properties of TRISO fuel and gas cooling allow the core to dissipate residual decay heat naturally.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • The children reportedly lived in squalor and weren’t enrolled in school.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • Reform and Restore are no doubt relying on support from pockets of deprivation, squalor and neglect in Makerfield.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • And the principle remains that representing a malefactor isn’t, ipso facto, an act of malefaction.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
Noun
  • Major League Eating organizes the event, and its International Federation of Competitive Eating is the governing body that oversees such depravity.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • How slippery is the slope of depravity?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
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“Scurrilousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scurrilousness. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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