corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army
Debauch (dî-bôch´) verb 1 Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery 2 An act or occasion of debauchery
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[ di-'boch, -'bäch, dE- ] (transitive verb.) 1595. Middle French debaucher, from Old French desbauchier to scatter, disperse, from des- de- + bauch beam, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German balko beam; more at BALK.