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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.
If you say that someone is a pervert, you mean that you consider their behaviour, especially their sexual behaviour, to be immoral or unacceptable.
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′)
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.
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.
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:
