deprave
verb
[ dɪˈpreɪv ]
• make (someone) immoral or wicked.
• "this book would deprave and corrupt young children"
Similar:
corrupt,
lead astray,
warp,
subvert,
pervert,
debauch,
debase,
degrade,
make degenerate,
defile,
sully,
pollute,
poison,
contaminate,
infect,
demoralize,
vitiate,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘pervert the meaning or intention of something’): from Old French depraver or Latin depravare, from de- ‘down, thoroughly’ + pravus ‘crooked, perverse’.
