as in corrupt
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
the perverted values of a society that had taken permissiveness to the extreme
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as in distorted
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
that summary really perverts the other candidate's views on taxes
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as in corrupted
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
a movie that perverted the Bible story by reveling in the sinners' lewd behavior until just before the moment of divine retribution
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as in abused
to put to a bad or improper use
accused of perverting the Internal Revenue Service by using it to harass political opponents
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Recent Examples of perverted
Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 25 Mar. 2026
This creates a jarring effect as the significance of her busy endeavours is sublimated by the perverted impulse to judge her physical form.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
Even more poignant, however, is the Rosemary's Baby angle, where the innocence of childhood is drowned in blood and the notion that a young person reared in a loving environment should develop into a compassionate adult is perverted into unthinkable horror.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
But even by its perverted lights, those numbers don’t convey a booming economy screaming for restraint.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 25 Mar. 2026
This creates a jarring effect as the significance of her busy endeavours is sublimated by the perverted impulse to judge her physical form.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
Murry corrupted and perverted and destroyed Katherine both as a person and a writer […] Her gifts were those of an intense realist, with a superb sense of ironic humour and fundamental cynicism.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
Even more poignant, however, is the Rosemary's Baby angle, where the innocence of childhood is drowned in blood and the notion that a young person reared in a loving environment should develop into a compassionate adult is perverted into unthinkable horror.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perverted
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There's a corrupt deal happening at the biggest levels among the billionaire class to increase their wealth at the expense of many people are suffering greatly right now.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
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The police are a corrupt institution.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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Risk tolerance becomes distorted.—
Anatoly Iofe,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Other portraits include Robert Rauschenberg (1963), showing just a close-up of the artist’s mouth, and Oldenburg (1970), featuring the artist’s face distorted via a magnifying glass.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
11 June 2026
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Systems must remain safe not only when components fail naturally, but when data is corrupted, communication is interrupted or execution is violated.—
John Wall,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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And then Grisebach uses that distaff twist once again, to comment more broadly on the patriarchal nature and gendered violence of power structures corrupted by historical conflict.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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According to figures from the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 12 million people experience domestic and intimate partner violence annually, with approximately 24 people physically abused every minute.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
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Prosecutors detailed how Herbert allegedly groomed and abused the now 24-year-old victim for years.—
Aunya Butler,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Even when degraded, enzymes have stable backbones that might be capable of catalyzing reactions, said Sudha Rajamani, an astrobiologist at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune who wasn’t involved in the study.—
Siddhant Pusdekar,
Quanta Magazine,
1 June 2026
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According to the company, QTT enables highly secure and resilient position, navigation, and timing (PNT) services, helping maintain accurate timing and synchronization even when traditional GPS and radio-frequency signals are unavailable, degraded, or intentionally jammed.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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In a case filed in September, the DOJ claimed Volgaev concealed and misrepresented his involvement in the smuggling operation during his naturalization process and thus should lose citizenship.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
2 June 2026
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Prosecutors said Roberts knowingly misrepresented his citizenship status on employment paperwork during his time at the district, which serves 30,000 students, according to the AP.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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Online court records show he is charged with first-degree murder dangerous depraved without premeditation.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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Murdering a teenaged iconic athlete shows how deeply depraved the Iranian leadership is.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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But Collins' victory may come as good news to Democrats, eager to run against his closeness with the president amid unpopular White House policies, along with highlighting allegations that Collins misused congressional funds, which is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Identity theft protection can help monitor for signs that your personal information is being misused.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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“Perverted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perverted. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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