TURPITUDE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Turpitude comes from Latin turpis, meaning "vile" or "base " The word is often heard in the phrase " moral turpitude," an expression used in law to designate an act or behavior that gravely violates the sentiment or accepted standard of the community
Moral turpitude - Wikipedia Moral turpitude laws typically deal with legal, judicial, and business related transgressions Moral turpitude laws should not be confused with laws regarding social morality, violations of which are more commonly called public order, morality, decency, and or vice crimes
turpitude - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Noun turpitude (countable and uncountable, plural turpitudes) Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness Synonyms: degeneracy, perversion, wickedness; see also Thesaurus: iniquity
moral turpitude | Wex | US Law | LII Legal Information Institute In criminal law, the law sorts criminal activity into categories of crime either involving or not involving moral turpitude The phrase moral turpitude itself has not been clearly delineated by courts, owing in part to amorphous, relative, and various conceptions of morality