flagitious
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To applaud the sadists, voyeurs and media manipulators masquerading as directors, actors and writers is as misguided as were the lives of that flagitious couple.
From Time Magazine Archive
The highest civilizations, both ancient and modern, have sometimes been the most flagitious.
From Public School Education by Müller, Michael
What is he then, who doth not contend for virtue with the good but to exceed the most flagitious in vices?
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander
Can Jove, supine, flagitious acts survey And brook the furies of the daring day?
From Heathen Mythology by Various
These men were reported to be heretics, Lutherans in disguise, seducers of youth, and men of flagitious life.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Johnson, Rossiter
Vocabulary lists containing flagitious
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An Essay on Criticism
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