scurrilousness

noun

as in pervertedness

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  1. corruption
  2. degeneracy
  3. perversion
  4. indecency
  5. decay
  6. squalor
  7. malefaction
  8. depravity
Noun
  • Room for Disagreement Kenyan critics of the AFCON infrastructure developments have argued that the projects have been an avenue for corruption and risk escalating Kenya’s $98 billion debt burden.
    — Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The students also demanded changes in the judiciary and urgent investigations in top-level corruption cases that might have been sidelined due to political pressure under Vucic.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of corruption
Noun
  • Speaking to the Freedom Fighters club in Arlington July 1, Hall said moral degeneracy, discipline issues and low literacy rates are products of removing the Bible from classrooms.
    — Rachel Royster. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
  • The team found that a near-infrared resolving power of at least 40 is the minimum needed to break that degeneracy.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 10 June 2026
Definition of degeneracy
Noun
  • Or at least something rendering with enough clarity to make an ordinary perversion be seen in a new light?
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Its technological perversions, unfortunately, end up quite mundane.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of perversion
Noun
  • Andre Lamar Stafford, who is running to represent House District 42, is charged in the warrant with felony child molestation and misdemeanor public indecency.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The gallery said the painting has not been seen in about a century and was part of Modigliani’s 1917 exhibition at Galerie Berthe Weill, which caused a scandal for indecency and would be his only solo show in his lifetime.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of indecency
Noun
  • But he was plagued by guilt over his ancestor’s role in the trials, and felt compelled to explore themes of human character, greed, and social decay through his work.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • About 1 in 5 adults ages 20 to 64 has at least one untreated cavity, and nearly all adults 65 and older have dealt with tooth decay at some point, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of decay
Noun
  • And for a quarterback whose superpower involves shuffling through collapsing pockets, scrambling through squalor, throwing off any and every platform — such a question was warranted.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The Yolo County parents of a 7-day-old infant found living in squalor in a tent under an overpass have pleaded not guilty to the child endangerment charges against them, records show.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of squalor
Noun
  • And the principle remains that representing a malefactor isn’t, ipso facto, an act of malefaction.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
Definition of malefaction
Noun
  • Where King’s Margaret actively disliked her daughter—viewing her as the polluted spawn of the night her drunken husband effectively raped her—Sloyan’s Margaret clearly loves Carrie, wanting only to protect her from a world of sin and depravity.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Any place that’s all male, no girls allowed, just doesn’t function without depravity.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of depravity
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