Turpitude - English meaning

noun

Lack of moral principles; bad character.

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The baseness of human nature

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Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

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The journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places

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Dishonest or illegal behaviour involving a person in a position of power, for example, accepting money for doing something illegal or immoral

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He was a member of the team looking into allegations of corruption in the local government building…

noun

The state or quality of being degenerate.

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The degeneracy of later roman work

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Behaviour that shows very low moral standards

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He wrote about the moral degeneracy that accompanies the accumulation of wealth.

noun

Moral corruption; wickedness.

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A tale of depravity hard to credit

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The state of being morally bad, or an action that is morally bad

adjective

Profoundly immoral and wicked.

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His evil deeds

noun

Profound immorality and wickedness, especially when regarded as a supernatural force.

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His struggle against the forces of evil

noun

The condition of being immoral, cruel, or bad, or an act of this type

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[ u ] a contest between good and evil, an evil ruler

noun

The state or quality of being immoral; wickedness.

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He believed his father had been punished by god for his immorality

noun

Immoral or grossly unfair behaviour.

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A den of iniquity

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A very wrong and unfair action or situation

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They fought long and hard against the iniquities of apartheid., the writer reflects on human injust…

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The quality of being morally bad

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There is abundant evidence of his own nefariousness., her character's nefariousness reaches an all-…

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Behaviour that is against the rules of a religion or morally wrong

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He becomes obsessed with his parents' apparent sinfulness., she regrets her life of sinfulness and …

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Immoral or wicked behaviour.

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An open sewer of vice and crime

preposition

As a substitute for.

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The letter was drafted by david hunt, vice bevin who was ill

noun

A metal tool with movable jaws which are used to hold an object firmly in place while work is done on it, typically attached to a workbench.

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Hold the rail in the vice

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The quality of being very unpleasant, and usually immoral and unacceptable

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He is an ambitious man, not evil, but capable of occasional vileness., there is a culture of vilene…

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The quality of being evil or morally wrong.

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The wickedness of the regime

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The fact of being morally very wrong or bad

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They would be punished for their wickedness.