Pervert

noun

/ˈpəːvəːt/

Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounOne who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.

2.nounA person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.

"Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!"

3.verbTo turn another way; to divert.

4.verbTo corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure

"How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?"

5.verbTo misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose

"He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain."

6.verbTo misinterpret designedly.

"pervert one's words"

7.verbTo become perverted; to take the wrong course.