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| VERB: | 1. To ruin utterly in character or quality: animalize, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, canker, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, stain, vitiate, warp. See CLEAN, HELP. 2. To make morally impure: contaminate, defile, infect, pollute, soil, taint. See CLEAN. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Marked by dishonesty, especially in matters of public trust: dishonest, venal. Informal : crooked. See HONEST. 2. Ruthlessly seeking personal advantage: mercenary, praetorian, venal. Informal : crooked. See SELF. 3. Utterly reprehensible in nature or behavior: degenerate, depraved, flagitious, miscreant, perverse, rotten, unhealthy, villainous. See CLEAN, GOOD.
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