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verb
- 1. distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something): "he was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice" Similar
- 2. lead (someone) away from what is considered natural or acceptable: "Hector is a man who is simply perverted by his time" Similar
noun
- 1. a person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable.
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The meaning of PERVERT is to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt. How to use pervert in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pervert.
to change something so that it is not what it was or should be, or to influence someone in a harmful way: Her ideas have been shamelessly perverted to serve the president's propaganda campaign. pervert the course of justice law UK. to act illegally to avoid punishment or to get the wrong person punished:
to change something so that it is not what it was or should be, or to influence someone in a harmful way: Her ideas have been shamelessly perverted to serve the president's propaganda campaign. pervert the course of justice law UK. to act illegally to avoid punishment or to get the wrong person punished:
1. verb. If you pervert something such as a process or society, you interfere with it so that it is not as good as it used to be or as it should be. [formal, disapproval] Any reform will destroy and pervert our constitution. [VERB noun] 2. See to pervert the course of justice. 3. countable noun.
to misconstrue or misinterpret, especially deliberately; distort: to pervert someone's statement. to bring to a less excellent state; vitiate; debase. Synonyms: degrade, impair, defile, pollute. Pathology. to change to what is unnatural or abnormal.
To pervert something is to corrupt it. For example, you could " pervert the course of justice" by lying on the witness stand. Another common use of pervert is as a word for a person who is sexually deviant; however, people also use this word more loosely to describe anyone who seems creepy.
1. To cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; debase: "yet another example of justice being perverted in an attempt to secure more convictions" (Economist). 2. To corrupt (someone) morally. See Synonyms at corrupt. 3. To interpret incorrectly; misconstrue or distort: an analysis that perverts the meaning of the poem. n. (pûr′vûrt′)
pervert something to change a system, process, etc. in a bad way so that it is not what it used to be or what it should be. Some scientific discoveries have been perverted to create weapons of destruction.
Definition of pervert verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
PERVERT definition: 1. someone who gets sexual pleasure in a strange or unpleasant way 2. to change something that is…. Learn more.
