turpitude

Moral turpitude is a ground for removal, dismissal or disqualification from employment in the civil service.
La turpitude morale est un motif de déplacement, de limogeage ou de disqualification dans la fonction publique.
The city had become a hive of sin and turpitude.
La ville était devenue un repaire de péché et d'infamie.
It seems the moral turpitude of this administration knows no bounds.
Il semble que la bassesse morale de cette administration ne connaisse aucune limite.
The mayor was treated as a pariah for his acts of moral turpitude.
Le maire a été traité comme un paria pour ses actes de turpitude morale.
Despite his acts of moral turpitude, the sovereign remained popular with his subjects.
Malgré ses actes de turpitude morale, le souverain restait populaire auprès de ses sujets.
Moral turpitude— that's what I want to talk about.
Le comportement immoral... Voilà de quoi je veux parler.
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