turpitude

Example Sentences

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But he added that aligning with Putin was “certainly not moral turpitude or worthy, in and of itself, of actionable misconduct.”

From New York Times

The movie turned the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 into an action-melodrama, but Watts’s mastery of bodily suffering transcended the film’s racial turpitude.

From New York Times

In the 1980s a divestment movement took hold; any engagement with the regime came to be seen as a marker of moral turpitude.

From Los Angeles Times

In their ruling the judges said despite the pardon, the couple "committed a misdemeanor offense involving moral turpitude."

From Fox News

Senate, told The Associated Press he never expected the couple to be accused of moral turpitude before the state Supreme Court “for doing what we thought was right.”

From Washington Times