pervert
verb (used with object)
to affect with perversion.
have perverted
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present perfectof pervert.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The movie projects contempt for the dense from its first frame, sharing a montage of recent pop culture as a stentorian narrator worries that modern conveniences have perverted the concept of survival of the fittest.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
The officer is alleged to have perverted the course of justice, but no arrests have been made, said police.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
"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
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
It is the exceptions, not the masses of the man race, who have perverted or depraved their God-like natures into the subjectors of the dependent.
From Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity by Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
