moral turpitude

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conduct that is regarded as immoral.

an instance of such conduct.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1875–80

The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
Bratton might have said something that was closer to a real-world moral equivalence.
Memo to Cops: Criticisms Aren’t Attacks|Michael Tomasky|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That had to give them an enormous reservoir of moral strength and solace.
Hitler’s Hail Mary|James A. Warren|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But it remains a moral crime to vilify good cops who have made the city safe, saving thousands of lives.
Protesters Slimed This Good Samaritan Cop|Michael Daly|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

For far too long, we have been coasting on a moral authority to which we long ago lost any clear title.
After Torture Report, Our Moral Authority As a Nation Is Gone|Nick Gillespie|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Everything is topsy-turvy in Europe according to our moral ideas, and they don't have what we call "men" over here.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Such mutual distrust necessarily creates or accompanies a lack of moral courage.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
And so these features take on a kind of moral rightness before they are judged of as pleasing to the eye and as beautiful.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Once he permitted himself a digression, that he might point a moral for the benefit of his servant.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
The naïve conception of sky and earth, and lastly the moral issue of the story, are no less instructive.
Children's Ways|James Sully