What does turpitude mean?

Definitions for turpitude
ˈtɜr pɪˌtud, -ˌtyudturpi·tude

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. depravity, turpitudenoun

    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

    "the various turpitudes of modern society"

Wiktionary

  1. turpitudenoun

    Inherent baseness or depravity; corruptness and evilness.

    The delinquent juvenile was guilty of moral turpitude.

  2. turpitudenoun

    An act evident of such a depravity.

  3. Etymology: From turpitudo, from turpis.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Turpitudenoun

    Essential deformity of words, thoughts or actions; inherent vileness; badness.

    Etymology: turpitude, Fr. turpitudo, from turpis, Lat.

    How would’st thou have paid
    My better service, when my turpitude
    Thou thus dost crown with gold. William Shakespeare.

    Decency imports a certain measure of one thing to another; the preservation of which is properly that rule by which every thing ought to act; and consequently the violation of it implies a turpitude or indecency. Robert South, Sermons.

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  1. turpitude

    Turpitude is a term used to describe behavior or characteristics that are morally corrupt, depraved, wicked, or extremely dishonest. It reflects a serious negative condition of one's character or actions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Turpitudenoun

    inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Turpitude

    tur′pi-tūd, n. baseness: extreme depravity or wickedness: vileness of principles and actions. [L. turpitudoturpis, base.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of turpitude in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of turpitude in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of turpitude in a Sentence

  1. Mark Levin:

    Mayor after mayor that tolerates this sort of thing, that decriminalizes even minor offenses, that don't believe in putting people in jail – when your prosecutors are elected, who prosecute certain people who are committing very minor offenses, but then allow other people to go who are committing offenses of moral turpitude and so forth, this is what you get, when Ronald Reagan was governor of California, none of that crap would be going on in L.A. or anyplace else for that matter.

  2. Margaret Stock:

    The administration is deporting as many criminal aliens as possible for the numbers, but it does n’t take into account military service, most people also don’t understand how complicated immigration law really is and how easy it is to run afoul of these complex laws. Making matters worse, Margaret Stock said, is that defendants in deportation cases are not automatically given attorneys and often ca n’t afford to hire their own, resulting in many being wrongfully deported. Any lawful permanent resident, veteran or not, can be deported upon conviction of a crime that falls under the extremely broad umbrella of a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude. This can be either a misdemeanor or felony, and typically includes anything from assault, fraud and perjury to robbery, theft and bribery. The rulings are often viewed by immigration lawyers as arbitrary and the immigration code now includes scores of petty offenses listed alongside the severe ones, all punishable by deportation. Still, the federal government is very deliberate in its review of cases involving veterans, insisted Gillian Christensen, spokeswoman for the U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement( ICE).

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