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debaucher

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de·bauch  (d-bôch)
v. de·bauched, de·bauch·ing, de·bauch·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To corrupt morally.
b. To lead away from excellence or virtue.
2. To reduce the value, quality, or excellence of; debase. See Synonyms at corrupt.
3. Archaic To cause to forsake allegiance.
v.intr.
To indulge in dissipation.
n.
1. The act or a period of debauchery.
2. An orgy.

[French débaucher, from Old French desbauchier, to lead astray, roughhew timber : des-, de- + bauch, beam, of Germanic origin.]

de·bauched·ly (-bôchd-l) adv.
de·baucher n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.debaucherdebaucher - someone who assaults others sexually
debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
Translations
debaucher [dɪˈbɔːtʃəʳ] N [of person, taste, morals] → corruptor m; [of woman] → seductor m


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Jefferson and his Republican colleagues (no relation to the current crop) were, as a matter of course, depicted as drunken debauchers.
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