pervert the course of justice

phrase

British

: to try to stop the police from learning the facts about a criminal case

She was convicted of perverting the course of justice for lying to the police.

Examples of pervert the course of justice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The question is was this request carried out by anyone and if so, was there any attempt to pervert the course of justice? — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025

Brooks was acquitted in 2013 of the charge of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, and her lawyers managed to persuade the court that she hadn’t been actively involved in the hacking of people’s phones. — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023

Rhymes for pervert the course of justice

• injustice