: marked by corruption or evil
a depraved attack
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the work of depraved minds
He acted with depraved indifference to human suffering.
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Riffs said the five suspects in Norquist's killing were arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder under the state's depraved indifference statute.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2025
Five people, ranging in age from 19 to 38, have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder with depraved indifference, according to the release.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Most of all, the recurring visions of flames and matches that flicker through the depraved fever dreams of Wild at Heart (1990), a movie in which incandescent imagery looms so large that the opening credits unfold against an inferno of Halloween-orange flames.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
The experience for the millions of ordinary Americans threatened by Trump's lawless, depraved rampage has been like a sudden flood after a dam bursts.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2025
Five people, ranging in age from 19 to 38, have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder with depraved indifference, according to the release.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Most of all, the recurring visions of flames and matches that flicker through the depraved fever dreams of Wild at Heart (1990), a movie in which incandescent imagery looms so large that the opening credits unfold against an inferno of Halloween-orange flames.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
The experience for the millions of ordinary Americans threatened by Trump's lawless, depraved rampage has been like a sudden flood after a dam bursts.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Depraved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depraved. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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depraved
adjective
de·praved
di-ˈprāvd 
: marked by moral corruption or perversion as shown by a capacity for extreme and wanton physical cruelty
the depraved state of mind of the murderer
the depraved nature of the crime
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