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
A 29-year-old man from Slough, arrested on Thursday on suspicion of assisting an offender and attempting to pervert the course of justice, has been released on bail, until 15 August.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 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
Either he’s still thinking about John the pervert or he’s remembering how hard it was to talk to Mom about anything.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
Vocabulary lists containing pervert
Antigone, Lines 710–1500
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 4
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