pervert

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.
2. noun A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.

   Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!

3. verb To turn another way; to divert.
4. verb To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure

   How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?

5. verb To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose

   He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.

6. verb to misinterpret designedly.

   pervert one's words

7. verb To become perverted; to take the wrong course.

Similar words

profane deviate deprave degenerate deviant vitiate debase demoralize abuse misuse

Often followed by

the and it them justice his or their its

Word family

perverted perverter perverters perverting perverts