pervert
21pervert — 1. verb 1) people who attempt to pervert the rules Syn: distort, corrupt, subvert, twist, bend, abuse, misapply, misuse, misrepresent, misinterpret, falsify 2) men can be perverted by power Syn …
22pervert — perverse, pervert, perverted 1. Perverse and perverted, both derived from the Latin root pervertere ‘to turn away’ (from what is normal or correct), are easily confused. Perverse means ‘stubbornly unreasonable’ (usually of actions or… …
23pervert — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French purvertir, pervertir, from Latin pervertere to overturn, corrupt, pervert, from per thoroughly + vertere to turn more at per , worth Date: 14th century 1. a. to cause to turn aside… …
24pervert — Synonyms and related words: abuse, adulterate, alloy, argue insincerely, backslider, bad egg, bad lot, bastardize, befoul, belie, bias, black sheep, brutalize, burlesque, camouflage, canker, caricature, cheapen, coarsen, color, confound,… …
25pervert — 1. verb perverting the course of justice Syn: distort, warp, corrupt, subvert, twist, bend, abuse, divert 2. noun a nasty pervert Syn: deviant, degenerate; informal perv, dirty old man, sicko …
26pervert — [pəˈvɜːt] verb [T] I to change something that is good or right into something that is bad or wrong II noun [C] pervert [ˈpɜːˌvɜːt] an insulting word for someone whose sexual behaviour is thought to be wrong or not normal …
27pervert — verb (t) /pəˈvɜt / (say puh vert) 1. to turn away from the right course. 2. to lead astray morally. 3. to lead into mental error or false judgement. 4. to bring over to a religious belief regarded as false or wrong. 5. to turn to an improper use; …
28pervert the course of justice — legal phrase to try to influence the result of a court case, especially by preventing the true facts about a crime from being known Thesaurus: appearing in courthyponym Main entry: pervert * * * pervert the course of justice see ↑ …
29pervert justice — (or pervert the course of justice) Brit : to try to stop the police from learning the facts about a criminal case She was convicted of perverting justice [=(US) obstructing justice] for lying to the police. • • • Main Entry: ↑pervert …
30pervert the course of justice — If a person perverts the course of justice, they tell a lie or prevent the police from finding out the truth about something. The suspect was accused of trying to pervert the course of justice …
