deprave

tr.v., -praved, -prav·ing, -praves.
To debase, especially morally; corrupt. See synonyms at corrupt.

[Middle English depraven, to corrupt, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre : dē-, de- + prāvus, crooked.]

depravation dep'ra·va'tion (dĕp'rə-vā'shən) n.
depraver de·prav'er n.

verb

To ruin utterly in character or quality: animalize, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, canker, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, pervert, stain, vitiate, warp. See clean/dirty, help/harm/harmless.

v

Definition: corrupt, lead astray
Antonyms: ennoble, improve, moralize

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  Synonyms: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, misdirect

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - demoralisere, fordærve

Nederlands (Dutch)
corrumperen, verderven

Français (French)
v. tr. - dépraver, corrompre

Deutsch (German)
v. - korrumpieren, verderben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαφθείρω, εξαχρειώνω

Italiano (Italian)
depravare, corrompere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - depravar

Русский (Russian)
развратить, осквернить, опорочить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - depravar, corromper

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fördärva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使堕落, 使腐败, 使恶化

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使墮落, 使腐敗, 使惡化

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 질을 저하시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 悪くする, 堕落させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفسد الأخلاق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השחית, קלקל‬

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