pervert

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  1. transitive verb To cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; corrupt.
  2. transitive verb To bring to a bad or worse condition; debase.
  3. transitive verb To put to a wrong or improper use; misuse. See Synonyms at corrupt.
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  • The man in question, though startled no doubt, managed to hurl a string of epithets in my general direction--I do not know Arabic, but I am reasonably sure the word pervert must have been among them--as I moved past the couple to hide behind a tree. —  The African Quest
  • The big-bellied pervert was the one who came to get me in the middle of the night. —  Omni: September 1994
  • The killings come weeks after Iraqi police found four bodies near Sadr City with the word pervert written on their chests. —  WBAY Action 2 News
  • Two missing souls - one a pervert, the other a missing girl. —  Blogger News Network
  • You cannot possibly tell me you're surprised that a pervert is showing up to a show that exposes underage girls in this manner. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English perverten, from Old French pervertir, from Latin pervertere : per-, per- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English perverten, from Old French perverter, parvertir, French pervertir = Provencal Spanish pervertir = Portuguese perverter = Italian pervertire, pervertere, from Latin pervertere, turn about, corrupt, from per, through, + vertere, turn: see verse. Cf. advert, avert, convert, divert etc.
  2. from pervert, v.
 

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