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US
/ˈpɝvɝt, pɝˈvɝt/
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VERB
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corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Do school counselors subvert young children?
corrupt the morals
debauch the young people with wine and women
Socrates was accused of corrupting young men -
change the inherent purpose or function of something
The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers
Don't abuse the system -
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
Don't twist my words
NOUN
- a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
How To Use pervert In A Sentence
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- By then though, it was too late and the story had been twisted so far out of recognition that the forced references to things like Namek, Oozaru, and Roshi's pervertedness just seemed out of place and stupid. Anime Nano!
- In the UK that is called conspiring to pervert the cause of justice and it's a very serious matter and I think the Metropolitan Police now have to look at this as a matter of urgency. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- There seemed to my perverted sense a certain poetic justice about the fact that money, gained honestly but prosaically, in groceries or gas, should go to regild an ancient blazon or prop up the crumbling walls of some stately palace abroad. Worldly Ways and Byways
- Lots of times words get perverted, too -- computer scientists who talk of "synchronous processes" have no idea what the actual definition in English of "synchronous" is -- they think it means "synchronized" -- and when they call putting millions of transistors on a tiny chip and call it Very Large Scale Integration, they're turned the phrase "large scale" on its very head. My mechanic Steve
- Will it remain perverted forever by what it†™ s become, or will the truth ring free and clear and the legend of the Crusader be born anew? Dynamite Entertainment titles for February 2010 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
- The term frugality has been so perverted that it now means 'No, no, no' to everyone, whether it's shoes or lattes or travel," he said. NYT > Home Page
- So, much as I’m weary of western politicians who couldn’t tell the Ka’ba from a peach cobbler going on about how extremists are “perverting” Islam — how the hell do they know? — this article, which got its author suspended from his radio talk show hosting job for its claim that “Islam is a terror organization,” is truly, profoundly stupid. Excommunicated from the Ummah?
- An object as viewed in a plain mirror is perverted from its actual appearance.
- At first instance the plaintiff did not seek to make out a case of an attempt to pervert the course of justice or of contempt of court.
