pervert
Example Sentences
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The rules—or lack thereof—around these blacklists don’t serve justice but pervert it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
Acting High Court of Fiji Chief Justice Salesi Temo sentenced the 70-year-old in the capital Suva on a conviction for attempting to pervert the course of justice.
From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024
When publications can’t simply die, when they’re forced to roam the Earth in search of salvation, they pervert the very thing they were once trying to accomplish.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2024
The Scout Association could be investigated by police over whether it tried to pervert the course of justice.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024
"Nah, you just got me mad, that's all. You were calling me a pervert, remember? And I didn't want you to think that."
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
Vocabulary lists containing pervert
Antigone, Lines 710–1500
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 4
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