Definition of pervertednext

perverted

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verb

past tense of pervert
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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
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
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 Organized sports can easily be perverted. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for perverted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perverted
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Democrats are strongly opposed to the kind of corrupt authoritarian government that Republicans seem unwilling to even speak out against.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The policy aims to make cadres more disciplined, effective and less corrupt.
    — KANIS LEUNG, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Americans may disagree on solutions, but many share the belief that financial incentives have distorted the system beyond recognition.
    — Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Working from a plus-size model’s body as her starting point for pattern-making, silhouettes were subsequently distorted, creating a second layer that appeared to slip and warp around the body.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The original 1971 experiment was conducted by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo, who arbitrarily split volunteers into two groups—inmates and guards—and observed how power corrupted them.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Rousseau argued that societies were happiest before agriculture and metal production corrupted them.
    — Saar Shahar, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The act also has been sorely abused and used as a tool to stop projects, particularly housing.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In 2023, the Illinois attorney general released a detailed report that identified 451 Catholic priests and religious brothers who the investigation found had abused at least 1,997 children across the state’s six Catholic dioceses.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Design choices previously thought to boost power, such as widening the gap between electrodes, actually degraded performance under true operating conditions.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Initially, Pike’s attorneys and several death penalty experts raised the possibility that the drugs may have been too old or degraded to work as intended.
    — Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Policyholders and retirees have since filed lawsuits alleging that the insurers misrepresented their investments.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Officials said the filings misrepresented the number of employees and total wages paid, and were used to apply for large ERC and SFLC refunds.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Online court records show he is charged with first-degree murder dangerous depraved without premeditation.
    — KC Baker, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Murdering a teenaged iconic athlete shows how deeply depraved the Iranian leadership is.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Its own models going rogue or causing catastrophe The filing says that advanced AI systems pose existential risks particularly if they are misused, weaponized, or allowed to operate with high autonomy.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Stress hormones release during exposure, and risks climb when the practice is misused.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Perverted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perverted. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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