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What is another word for pervert?

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Noun

A licentious person whose behavior is regarded as debauched, abnormal and unacceptable

An eccentric or odd person

A dishonorable or morally reprehensible person

A person who victimizes or preys on others to satisfy their debauched desires

To alter something from its true state or meaning, typically to deceive

To apply improperly or incorrectly in an almost obscene way

To decrease the value, character, purity or quality of

To divert or turn something in another direction

Represent in a false, absurd, or distorted way

To cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain

To interpret erroneously or to understand incorrectly

To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information

To administer wrongly or badly

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Noun

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A licentious person whose behavior is regarded as debauched, abnormal and unacceptable

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“Marty McFly was appalled to discover that his father used to be a peeping pervert.”

Noun

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An eccentric or odd person

square peg in a round hole

odd type

fish out of water

lone ranger

round peg in a square hole

skeptic^US

sceptic^UK

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Noun

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A dishonorable or morally reprehensible person

jailbird^US

gaolbird^UK

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Noun

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A person who victimizes or preys on others to satisfy their debauched desires

predator

rapist

paedophile^UK

pedophile^US

Verb

To alter something from its true state or meaning, typically to deceive

colour^UK

color^US

give a false account of

mold^US

mould^UK

put the wrong slant on

give a false impression of

dramatize^US

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

gerrymander

swindle

put words in someone's mouth

romanticise^UK

dramatise^UK

romanticize^US

make a mountain out of a molehill

emphasize^US

emphasise^UK

blow out of proportion

blow up

blow up out of all proportion

make too much of something

make a federal case of

stretch the truth

make a production out of

make a big thing out of

blow up out of proportion

make a mountain out of

exaggerate information

give a false picture of

phony^US

phoney^UK

create out of thin air

lay it on with a trowel

blow something out of all proportion

lay it on with a shovel

lay it on thick about

big up

lay it on with a trowel about

make a drama out of a crisis

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“All of them, more often intentionally than not, distort or pervert the facts to fit their own beliefs or interests.”

Verb

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To apply improperly or incorrectly in an almost obscene way

“When, therefore, they are found to pervert the laws, the people have a remedy by impeachment.”

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To decrease the value, character, purity or quality of

bastardise^UK

bastardize^US

prostitute

deteriorate

demoralise^UK

demoralize^US

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

dishonour^UK

dishonor^US

vandalize^US

vandalise^UK

treat with disrespect

commit sacrilege against

dehumanize^US

destabilize^US

destabilise^UK

dehumanise^UK

colour^UK

color^US

desensitize^US

desensitise^UK

discolour^UK

discolor^US

stigmatize^US

stigmatise^UK

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“They wanted no untruthful elements to pervert the purity of their fellowship.”

Verb

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To divert or turn something in another direction

“The defendants were charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.”

Verb

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Represent in a false, absurd, or distorted way

satirise^UK

satirize^US

sheik^US

sheikh^UK

dramatize^US

dramatise^UK

do an impersonation of

epitomize^US

epitomise^UK

follow the example of

do a take-off

behave like

take leaf out of book

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To cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain

give someone a backhander

give someone a sweetener

give an inducement to

secure someone's support

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

predetermine the result of

pull strings

prearrange the result of

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To interpret erroneously or to understand incorrectly

take something the wrong way

be at cross purposes

put a wrong interpretation on

receive a false impression

be under a delusion

get the wrong idea about

be barking up the wrong tree

get the wrong end of the stick

get your lines crossed about

get the wrong impression about

get a false impression of

get hold of the wrong end of the stick

make a wrong interpretation of

get the wrong impression

have wrong impression

get your lines crossed

be at cross-purposes with

get your wires crossed

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To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information

give wrong information to

lead down the garden path

lead up the garden path

put on the wrong track

put up smoke screen

give someone a bum steer

pull the wool over someone's eyes

throw off the scent

send on a wild goose chase

victimize^US

victimise^UK

give the wrong impression

be economical with the truth

be untruthful

break promise

make believe

tell a terminological inexactitude

lie through one's teeth

say something untrue

depart from the truth

outmaneuver^US

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

throw dust in someone's eyes

do someone in the eye

sell a bill of goods to

slip something over on

play a practical joke on

play fast and loose with

give the runaround

send on a wild-goose chase

twist around your little finger

make somebody look an idiot

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To administer wrongly or badly

make a dog's dinner of

put a spanner in the works

fall flat on face with

be a blot on the landscape

bark up the wrong tree

get the wrong end of the stick

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