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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“These are cheap laws that can be passed to make people feel good,” said Charles P. Ewing, author of “Justice Perverted: Sex Offense Law, Psychology, and Public Policy.”
From New York Times • May 30, 2012
There seems no reason to doubt that My Revolution, Promenades in Paris 1789-1794 really is the diary of Restif de la Bretonne, author of The Pornographer, The Perverted Peasant, and Paris Nights.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even as I write, a newspaper misprint assures me that typesetting machines are no protection against the Imp of the Perverted.
From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman
Oozing a sickly sweet, thick, cancerous juice, Its spongy flesh melts in the mouth, and in Its pensive poisons germinate the rank, Perverted sins of fever-tortured brains.
From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various
But here is the promised extract from the sermon on “A Perverted Conscience.”
From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver
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