debauch
verb (used with object)
to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
was debauching
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past progressiveof debauch.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Not only was the separation between the rich and poor constantly growing greater, but the effect of the luxury and license of the wealthy was debauching the public conscience, and faith was everywhere falling away.
From The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic by Arthur Gilman
