pervert

(n) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior degenerate, deviant, deviate,

(v) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, profane, vitiate, subvert,
(v) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- Don't twist my words
twist around, convolute, sophisticate, twist,
(v) change the inherent purpose or function of something
- Don't abuse the system
- The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers
abuse, misuse,

degenerate deviant deviate corrupt debase debauch demoralise demoralize deprave misdirect profane vitiate subvert twist around convolute sophisticate twist abuse misuse

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