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pervert
[ verb per-vurt; noun pur-vert ]
verb (used with object)
- to affect with perversion.
- to lead astray morally.
Synonyms: , ,
- to turn away from the right course.
Synonyms:
- to lead into mental error or false judgment.
Synonyms: ,
- to turn to an improper use; misapply.
- to misconstrue or misinterpret, especially deliberately; distort:
to pervert someone's statement.
- to bring to a less excellent state; vitiate; debase.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Pathology. to change to what is unnatural or abnormal.
- to convert or persuade to a religious belief regarded as false or wrong.
noun
- a person who practices sexual perversion.
- Pathology. a person affected with perversion.
- a person who has been perverted, or turned from what is right, especially to a religious belief regarded as erroneous.
pervert
verb
- to use wrongly or badly
- to interpret wrongly or badly; distort
- to lead into deviant or perverted beliefs or behaviour; corrupt
- to debase
noun
- a person who practises sexual perversion
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, noun
- ˈپ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·İ noun
- ·i· adjective
- ·i·i·ٲ noun
- ·i· adverb
- non·i· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pervert1
Example Sentences
In their first trial, they were found guilty of concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice by not reporting the death of their baby.
A 48-year-old woman from Australia Road, White City Estate, London, has been charged with preventing a lawful and decent burial of a dead body and conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
In their first trial they were found guilty of concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice by not reporting the death of their baby.
This frenzied devotion to freedom in its most perverted form, a kind of Promethean exultation in unbridled will and desire, sits in weird juxtaposition with a cultish, masochistic worship of leader figures.
Cunningham, of Kendray, Barnsley, was jailed for 12 months on Thursday after admitting perverting the course of justice at a previous hearing.
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