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deprave

verb as in corrupt, lead astray

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The trial judge described him as "depraved", "arrogant" and a "bully".

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Etoria and four other individuals - from Cuba, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen - were described by the US government as "depraved monsters" when they were expelled to Eswatini in southern Africa in July.

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Police said blackmailing children into sending increasingly depraved pictures of themselves became the unemployed 22-year-old's "full-time job" from his bedroom at his parent's house in Wigan.

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Department of Homeland Security, which called him a “depraved illegal alien who should have never been in this country,” in a post on X earlier this year.

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In a series of posts on the X social media platform, McLaughlin listed the crimes the five deported to Eswatini had been convicted of, describing them as "depraved monsters" who had been "terrorizing American communities".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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