gone bad vs wanton

gone bad

adj
  • Of a person or entity, having ceased to be reputable and having instead become delinquent, criminal, or poorly behaved. 

  • Of a region or area, having become unsafe. 

  • Of a delinquent or criminal act, having unexpectedly become more violent than is typical for that act—having resulted in an attack on a victim leading to serious injury or death. 

  • Of foods and commodities, having become spoiled, rotten, or otherwise unusable due to age or storage conditions. 

wanton

adj
  • Capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of others; gratuitous. 

  • Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste. 

noun
  • An overly playful person; a trifler. 

  • A self-indulgent person, fond of excess. 

  • A pampered or coddled person. 

verb
  • To act wantonly; to be lewd or lascivious. 

  • To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. 

  • To waste or squander, especially in pleasure (most often with away). 

How often have the words gone bad and wanton occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )