pervert
verb (used with object)
to affect with perversion.
perverts
Example Sentences
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“It inverts, or you might say perverts, the assumptions at the very foundation of the justification for the free market,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
“If terrorism and violence in the name of dissent cannot be condoned, neither can violence that is officially sanctioned. Such action perverts the legal system that alone assures the survival of our traditions,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022
"They need protection from perverts like you," echoed conservative author Michael Malice.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2022
“The financial incentive of it kind of perverts the idea of informed consent a little bit,” he says.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2021
To bolster up this story, he perverts facts with the most reckless indifference.
From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell
