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He later attempted to pervert the course of justice on that date by trying to speak to a woman who was providing a witness statement to an officer.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Tolkien, a scholar of Old English, studied the “theory of courage” found in poems such as the ancient epic “Beowulf,” redeeming what he called the “noble northern spirit” from the fascists who would pervert it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Lancashire Police said 52-year-old Lisa Green - Wellings' mother - and 28-year-old Emma Croft - his girlfriend - were held on suspicion of committing an act with intent to pervert the course of public justice.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 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

"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

“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

"These are wholesome desires the poultry industry perverts into something that ends up harming animals."

From Salon ● May 10, 2023

“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

Ambition perverts the love between parent and child, husband and wife, brother and sister.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

With the flesh the spirit must wage perpetual war, as the alien power which cramps its native energies, darkens its vision, and perverts its judgment of the truth.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

The officer is alleged to have perverted the course of justice, but no arrests have been made, said police.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

What follows is a chorus of anecdotes, artworks and historical fragments tracing the pervasive — and sometimes perverted — roots of our everyday technologies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

Reprehensible such people may be, but they are motivated by a kind of perverted idealism.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2025

“That states do have the power to further their own agendas in very perverted ways.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2024

“Because I honestly don’t want to. Besides, you ought to get a date. It will look perverted and I can’t dance.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Thompson was also found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court of two counts of perverting the course of justice.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Joel Bodmer, who stood for selection as Labour's candidate for the Croydon East constituency, also pleaded not guilty to a second count of perverting the course of justice.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

On Friday, South Wales Police said a man from Mountain Ash had been arrested on suspicion of preventing a lawful burial and perverting the course of justice in connection with Harris's disappearance.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

The brothers, of Bolam Drive in Ashington, were both charged with perverting the course of justice on 28 July last year.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

By hiring an army of contract egg hunters, IOI was perverting the entire spirit of the contest.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline