turpitude

🇬🇧 UK/'tә:pitju:d/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

Wickedness, depravity, or deeply immoral behaviour

卑鄙,堕落,道德败坏

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
turproot
+
itudestate, quality, condition
=turpitude

Common Collocations

  • 1.moral turpitude道德败坏
  • 2.acts of turpitude卑劣行径
  • 3.[wilful turpitude]蓄意堕落
  • 4.crime of turpitude道德败坏罪行

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The politician was disgraced after evidence of his moral turpitude became public.

  • 2.

    Crimes involving moral turpitude can result in deportation for non-citizens.

  • 3.

    The court condemned the defendant's acts of turpitude with the harshest possible sentence.

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