verb
- Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
- usage: "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children"; "corrupt the morals"
- synonyms: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
- Lower in value by increasing the base-metal content.
- synonyms: alloy
- Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones.
- usage: "adulterate liquor"
- synonyms: load, adulterate, stretch, dilute
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