debauch
verb (used with object)
to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
have debauched
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present perfectof debauch.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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Some of the Folk are so still I worry that they have debauched themselves into death.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
You do not owe for the souls which you have debauched in your black career?
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
But civilization and the railways have debauched all such quiet, stately, steady towns.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
