as in degenerate
a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard
a pervert who, because of years of bad choices, couldn't get a job
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as in to distort
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 to corrupt
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 to abuse
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 pervert
Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
The Gooneral’s attendees didn’t care that Malone was, from all available evidence, not a gooner at all but rather an unaffiliated, lone-wolf pervert.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2026
The Constitution has been perverted in ways by administrations on both sides of the aisle to facilitate military action.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Tarpley Hitt: Postwar miscreants, several perverts (value-neutral), corporate consolidation, lawsuits, copyright law, knockoffs/fakes, America, lying, dolls.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
The Gooneral’s attendees didn’t care that Malone was, from all available evidence, not a gooner at all but rather an unaffiliated, lone-wolf pervert.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
He was also found guilty of perverting the court of justice.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2026
The Constitution has been perverted in ways by administrations on both sides of the aisle to facilitate military action.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervert
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Especially compared to the degenerates and felons all around him in the Mets clubhouse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Apr. 2026
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The product exploded, generating trillions and minting a new class of crypto degenerates who were willing to take massive risks that, occasionally, resulted in millions.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
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These beams of light allow scientists to see how our planet's ever-changing atmosphere might be distorting incoming light, which is critical for accurately analyzing telescope observations.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
27 May 2026
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At high temperatures, scientists must consider many quantum mechanical states, and also deal with numerical artifacts that can distort the results.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
26 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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The Arch of Nero both honored republicanism and warned that it was being corrupted by the war and, inevitably, its aftermath.—
Tyler Green,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Similarly, modifying diet or exercise to lose fat or gain muscle can be quite healthy, but abusing amphetamines to suppress appetite – a widespread practice in looksmaxxing – is dangerous and points to a mental health issue.—
Jordyn Tovey,
The Conversation,
22 May 2026
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Organizers are now working with local police and monitoring cameras to make sure the system is not being abused.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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Abraham Popoola As Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone Abraham Popoola portrays Lonnie Lincoln, better known by his villain moniker Tombstone.—
Olivia Singh,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Its villains include Alexander Hamilton, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and, above all, Robert Bork, who reinterpreted antitrust doctrine as focused on protecting consumers—a legal transformation that Lynn deems the turning point that set America onto a path toward oligarchy.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
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In a 255-page report, longtime pension writer and financial investigator Ted Siedle accused the California Public Employees’ Retirement System of misrepresenting the amount paid to Wall Street managers and withholding records about the fund’s investments.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2026
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But Thomas’s focus on Wilson misrepresents his role in the Progressive movement.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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The Gucci outfits created by then-creative director Alessandro Michele that Lauro sported on stage for his 2020 participation at the Sanremo Music Festival sparked days of online conversation for subverting rigid gender norms and reimagining sacred Italian iconography.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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Last year, the struggle ended—or, at least, got subverted.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
26 May 2026
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Critics of the Take It Down law fear it could be misused by the FTC.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
21 May 2026
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Polls showed Collins leading Carter and Dooley heading into the primary, despite his opponents' efforts to highlight allegations that Collins misused congressional funds, which is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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“Pervert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervert. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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