perverted
Americanadjective
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Pathology. changed to or being of an unnatural or abnormal kind.
a perverted interest in death.
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turned from what is right; wicked; misguided; distorted.
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affected with or caused by perversion.
adjective
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deviating greatly from what is regarded as normal or right; distorted
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of or practising sexual perversion
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incorrectly interpreted
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Des Jenson, Benguit's barrister, said that if police had coerced witnesses to lie, "it means that they have manufactured evidence, they've perverted the course of justice".
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
What follows is a chorus of anecdotes, artworks and historical fragments tracing the pervasive — and sometimes perverted — roots of our everyday technologies.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
Reprehensible such people may be, but they are motivated by a kind of perverted idealism.
From Salon • Sep. 28, 2025
“That states do have the power to further their own agendas in very perverted ways.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024
We rolled past the neat square of grass with its bright white bandstand, its perverted pulpit, and right on by the For Sale sign planted in front of the Kites’.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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