adj overthrown; beaten; conquered.
2. profligate ·vt to drive away; to overcome.
3. profligate ·noun an abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
4. profligate ·adj broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch.