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Den of iniquity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A place of immoral behavior, often of a sexual type.

    "The young men made their preparations with alacrity, and, headed by this western patriarch, we proceeded at a rapid gait to surprize the tenants of this den of iniquity."

Etymology

Unclear, but probably inspired by the “den of thieves” in the KJV Bible, which is a calque of Latin spēlunca latrōnum.

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