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moral turpitude

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  • noun depravity
  • noun law Any base or vile conduct, contrary to accepted morals, that accompanies a crime

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  • A phrase now almost endemic to the letters page of the Daily Telegraph. The opposite of moral rectitude.

    October 16, 2007