have perverted
- present perfect of pervert.
Example Sentences
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The judge ruled that because that inquiry wasn't a "court of law" the three defendants could not have perverted the course of justice.
From BBC ● May 28, 2021
"I believe that our political leaders should use their position to bring understanding about the religion of Islam and clarify that these misguided murderers have perverted people's views on what Islam really is," he said.
From Reuters ● Dec. 10, 2015
Martin that has acquired a “cool” cachet in progressive circles—and the “bad” HBO show, said to have perverted the books into a misogyny-fest.
From Time ● May 21, 2015
This is why Obama, like George W. Bush, says: “We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.”
From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2015
Such is the effect of the perversion of history, by those, who, for the same nefarious purposes, have perverted every other part of learning.
From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Burke, Edmund
