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desecrate: remove the consecration from a person or an object; violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"

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peculate collapse

spoliate collapse

misappropriate collapse

mismanage collapse: manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"

devalue collapse: lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"; remove the value from; deprive of its value

vulgarize collapse: act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"

coarsen collapse: make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals"; make or become coarse or coarser; "coarsen the surface"; "Their minds coarsened"

embezzle collapse: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"

pilfer collapse: make off with belongings of others

deflower collapse: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"

contaminate collapse: make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"

misapply collapse: apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group"

mishandle collapse

depredate collapse

adulterate collapse: mixed with impurities; corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

devastate collapse: overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

cheapen collapse

havoc collapse: violent and needless disturbance

deprave collapse

vitiate collapse

befoul collapse

denature collapse: make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes; modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished; add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb

ravish collapse

infect collapse: contaminate with a disease or microorganism; communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"; affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"; contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"

prostitute collapse: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; sell one's body; exchange sex for money

divert collapse: send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one; withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions

pillage collapse

pollute collapse: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

devour collapse: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"; eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"; destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"; enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"

canker collapse: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth); a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark; infect with a canker; become infected with a canker

debauch collapse

degrade collapse: lower the grade of something; reduce its worth; reduce the level of land, as by erosion

profane collapse: not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled; not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"

debase collapse: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

distort collapse

dishonor collapse: lacking honor or integrity; a state of shame or disgrace; "he was resigned to a life of dishonor"; refuse to accept; "dishonor checks and drafts"; bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"

scourge collapse: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor); punish severely; excoriate

misuse collapse: improper or excessive use

despoil collapse

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