1400-1500Latinturpitudo, from turpis ‘very bad or evil’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
There may be no moral turpitude or manipulation as such.
This was long before Eastern Airlines fired him for moral turpitude and for making false claims about a medical background.
This would lead to a graph of illegalities graded according to moral turpitude.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►moral turpitude
laziness and moral turpitude
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE►moral
· This would lead to a graph of illegalities graded according to moral turpitude.· This was long before Eastern Airlines fired him for moral turpitude and for making false claims about a medical background.· There may be no moral turpitude or manipulation as such.· It kept them from moral turpitude. 21.
formal very immoral behaviour: laziness and moral turpitude