catadura
English translation: (moral) depravity
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|  Selected response from: Simona de Logu United Kingdom Local time: 07:18 | ||||||
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| 5 | impaired moral sense |
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| 4 | decay, shady side |
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| 4 | (moral) depravity |
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| 3 | moral appearance |
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7 mins confidence: 
moral appearance Explanation: Catadura is appearance or aspect, so maybe it refers to the dealers' morality as perceived by others. |
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9 mins confidence:
impaired moral sense Explanation: That is, these people do not seem to be able to tell the difference between the rightness or wrongness of their actions or seem to be unable to have or show such feelings. V |
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9 mins confidence:
decay, shady side Explanation: In the Oxford Dictionary "catadura" is used as "look" or despectively as "shady". In Rodale's Synonym Finder one of the synonyms of "shady" is "shady side". It is most common to hear this phrase with "moral decay", as you suggest. |
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20 mins confidence:
(moral) depravity Explanation: you can leave moral out if you want as depravity on its own means morally debased or corrupt. |
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