0 present participle of deprave --
1 to make someone depraved --
I say that anybody who publishes this sort of literature which we understand is corrupting and depraving has no right to be accepted in decent society.
Certainly "depraving"and"degrading" are closely allied.
Therefore, in discussing this question of depraving and corrupting, what we are primarily concerned with is literature which will make people actually do depraved and corrupt things.
The concept of depraving and corrupting, as the basis of a prosecution, is an inchoate concept.
The second is what is meant by depraving and corrupting.
It is corrupting and depraving when one has habitual recourse to it for the purpose of enjoyment.
With depraving publications the reader may pay the price in the fullest sense of the word.
But there is an abundance of evidence that it is depraving our young people.
