debauch
verb (used with object)
to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
has debauched
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present perfectof debauch (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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If he has taught them as he has taught us to-night, he has debauched their minds.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
It debauches literature, art, the press, the stage, and the Church; but I don't think even its worst enemies can say it has debauched the cinema stage....
From What Not A Prophetic Comedy by Dame Rose Macaulay
Mr. Pendleton, the Democratic Senator from Ohio, declares that the Spoils System which has debauched the Civil Service of fifty millions of people must be destroyed.
From American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Alexander Johnston
