How to Use turpitude in a Sentence

turpitude

noun
  • Many heirs to the throne have incurred opprobrium on the ground of moral turpitude.
    — Zoë Heller, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Before the bill was signed, only five felonies were considered not to be crimes of moral turpitude.
    — Connor Sheets, AL.com, 25 May 2017
  • Since late-stage syphilis attacked the nose, those so afflicted were seen as bearing proof of moral turpitude.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022
  • Anyone convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude will not be considered.
    — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Moral turpitude is a term applied generally to felonies like murder, child abuse, fraud and theft.
    — Lorraine Longhi, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2020
  • Whether because of mental illness or moral turpitude, McCormick did bad things, it is explained.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • More than two dozen additional crimes are considered crimes of moral turpitude, but do not require a pardon to restore voting rights.
    — Connor Sheets | [email protected], al, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Utah ended up dropping its desire to add a moral turpitude clause in Majerus’s contract, Greenberg said.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2022
  • This means that the legal question of whether Deri’s fraud conviction counts as a crime of moral turpitude remains unresolved.
    — Richard Allen Greene, CNN, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Today, paralyzing lassitude is often seen as a symptom of disease rather than of turpitude.
    — Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2019
  • In the 1980s, a divestment movement took hold; any engagement with the regime came to be seen as a marker of moral turpitude.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Norris was charged with four instances of corruption in office and eleven instances of commission of crimes involving moral turpitude.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 14 Jan. 2022
  • That’s the outgrowth of a mind-set that views our most vulnerable populations as malingerers, rip-off artists or guilty of moral turpitude.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The fantasy role-playing game was, in the ’80s, considered by some as a ploy conceived by Satan to arouse moral turpitude.
    — Max Londberg, kansascity, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Even today, nearly all states have laws that permit the dismissal of a teacher for immorality, immoral character or moral turpitude.
    — Kyle Greenwalt, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Those convicted of crimes of moral turpitude in Alabama automatically lose the right to vote.
    — Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Adding a layer of scandal to the story, he was accused of moral turpitude, by which Hamas meant homosexuality.
    — Diaa Hadid and Majd Al Waheidi, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2016
  • There was no suggestion that academic prowess, community involvement or questions of moral turpitude should be part of the equation.
    — New York Times, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Clarification to crimes of violence and crimes involving moral turpitude.
    — Jamie Dupree, AJC.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • The underlying legal issue is whether Deri’s tax fraud conviction constitutes a crime of moral turpitude.
    — Richard Allen Greene, CNN, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The issue concerns a provision in the Alabama Constitution that says felons who commit crimes of moral turpitude lose their right to vote.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Zvyagintsev has never cast himself as a dissident; his dense stories of corrupt authority and moral turpitude could arguably be told anywhere.
    — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 19 May 2026
  • War became meaningless and simply barbaric, an occasion for moral compromise and turpitude.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 18 Mar. 2022
  • No one questioned Rasmussen’s moral turpitude in February 2020.
    — Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2021
  • Merrill was instrumental in getting the moral turpitude clarifications passed into law.
    — Connor Sheets, AL.com, 11 July 2017
  • What is lost when Monroe’s body is made into a screen onto which ideas about Hollywood’s moral turpitude can be continuously projected?
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Greenberg said Majerus didn’t sign a contract for more than a year because Majerus did not want a moral turpitude clause in his contract, simply because it was not clearly defined.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The bar accused Joe Dunn of three counts of moral turpitude stemming from his four-year tenure at the agency, which concluded with his 2014 firing.
    — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022
  • Gillen and Hoult bring the appropriate blend of chilly determination to their assassin roles, their unflinching visages showing the depth of their moral turpitude.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 14 May 2021
  • The district attorney’s report said the range of crimes include those of moral turpitude and a federal grand jury is currently considering charging officers.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2023

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