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Debased or debasing; corrupt, meretricious; seeking personal gain or advantage by immoral or dishonourable means; (as past participle) prostituted…
figurative. Esp. of things: put to unworthy or dishonourable purposes, esp. for profit; degraded, debased, corrupted.