perverting

Verb

pervert (third-person singular simple present perverts, present participle perverting, simple past and past participle perverted)

1. (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
   • Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.1623, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline

   Synonyms:

   divert, steer, veer

2. (transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
   • How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?

   Synonyms:

   corrupt, lead astray, seduce

3. To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
   • He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.

   Synonyms:

   misapply, misuse

4. to misinterpret designedly.
   • pervert one's words

   Synonyms:

   bias, distort, skew, twist

5. (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
   • After that worde, "better is it to dey than lyve false," and al wolde perverted people false reporte makec. 1384, Thomas Usk, The Testament of Love

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