debauched

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  1. Corrupt; vitiated in morals or purity of character; given to debauchery; profligate. They should stand in more fear of their lives & goods (in short time) from this wicked & deboste crue, then from y salvages them selves. Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 240. What pity 'tis, so civil a young man should haunt this debauched company! B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, ii. 1.
  2. Characterized by or characteristic of debauchery: as, a debauched look; a man of debauched principles.

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  • But what is particularly striking about this section of the film is that Pottersville more closely resembles the 'real' America: dehumanizing and debauched, rife unemployment, and criminally overseen by a General Sternwood-esque capitalist magnate, Mr. Potter. —  Progressive Bloggers
  • The Civil Service has been debauched, the police are no longer respected, our judges are overruled by foreign courts and crime is rampant. —  Home | Mail Online
  • If recent accusations are to be believed, that television writers 'rooms are havens for the ribald and debauched, then it seems fitting that our latest TV-industry party was held at Midtown's very sexy K Lounge. avoid the constraints of the office? —  mediabistro.com: Media News
  • Panorama is arguably more hectic and Insomnia definitely more debauched, but Watergate's combination of sophisticated design and cutting-edge music makes it an unmissable destination for serious hedonists. —  Variety.com
  • This is a sound that delivers you from yourself, even as it seems to give you a heightened and mega-debauched awareness of who that person might be. —  Cokemachineglow.com
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  1. Formerly deboshed, debosh'd, debost: see debauch, v.
 

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