pervert

🇺🇸 /pərˈvɜːrt/ 🇬🇧 /pəˈvɜːt/
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verb
R

to change something in a bad way that makes it different from what it was meant to be.

They used the new law to pervert the purpose of freedom of speech.

R

to influence someone in a harmful way to think or behave wrongly.

He believes that violent video games can pervert young minds.

noun
R

someone whose sexual behavior is considered not normal and unacceptable.

The book tells the story from the perspective of a perceived pervert.

translation

v. to change something in a bad way that makes it different from what it was meant to be.; to influence someone in a harmful way to think or behave wrongly.
n. someone whose sexual behavior is considered not normal and unacceptable.

Word Forms

3rd Present perverts
Progressive perverting
Past perverted
Plural perverts
Perfect perverted