perversion

Meanwhile, the perversion of ordinary goods to serve a fully militarized state is encapsulated in the difficulty the boy has in finding white flour: None is available because it’s being used to stanch wounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Advocates say the technology simply takes the principle of efficient pricing to its logical extreme; critics say it’s unfair, discriminatory and a perversion of free-market capitalism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024

No, the needs that have changed American life amount to a four-headed monster that has been fed by a perversion of market forces.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2024

He described the handling of the Alan Bates court case as "a perversion of the course of justice".

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2024

Since each of the three superstates is unconquerable, each is in effect a separate universe within which almost any perversion of thought can be safely practiced.

From "1984" by George Orwell

"It was never going to end well, and his downfall was inevitable. Eventually his lies caught up with him and he is now facing the consequences of his deceit, and his perversions."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025

This also speaks to the hollowness that all ideological language contains, to paraphrase Orwell, in its swindles and perversions, its slovenliness and vagueness.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2023

Unlike “Go, Went, Gone,” which critiqued the power structures that enable perversions and prejudices to flower, “The Laughter” seems to argue that the worst consequences of these structures are immutable and inevitable.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023

They’re full of characters trapped by quirks and perversions, then also buffeted by forces beyond their control.

From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2021

But we must not let these perversions of sacerdotalism rob us of good words.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook