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been depraved
verb
To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
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The paper said: "If the shooting down of the aeroplane was wild, reckless and tragic then the behaviour of the rebels in the aftermath has been depraved.
David Sheppard bravely testified for the prosecution that he had indeed (temporarily, one understood) been "depraved and corrupted" by Selby's novel, specifically by a graphic gang-rape scene.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, ladies and gentlemen of the Video Appeals Committee, Ms Weldon, Ms Baxter, you have seen this film – have you been depraved?
During the hearing, in Federal District Court in Manhattan, a judge refused to grant the officer bail, saying his conduct had been "depraved, bizarre, aberrational" and entirely unexplained, "particularly for someone who is a law enforcement officer".
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We weren't being depraved or turning into zombified killers.
To God, indeed, even infants were depraved, unregenerate, and damned.
Their captivity was "depraved beyond your imagination," the official said.
Marc A. Thiessen: Democrats' treatment of Kavanaugh was depraved.
Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky were depraved sensualists by Ivesian standards.
Such a person is not only unfit to parent, but must be depraved and heartless.
Quite simply, Shelley believed that anyone who disagreed with him was depraved at heart.
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