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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

To influence someone (usually dishonestly) in return for money

To mimic, typically humorously

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

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

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

gild

stretch the truth

fill out

make a production out of

make a big thing out of

draw the long bow

play up

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.”

Verb

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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

drag down

infect

blaspheme against

commit sacrilege against

destabilize^US

destabilise^UK

colour^UK

vulgarize^US

vulgarise^UK

color^US

dehumanize^US

dehumanise^UK

antagonize^US

discolor^US

antagonise^UK

discolour^UK

drive a nail into the coffin of

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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.”

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To influence someone (usually dishonestly) in return for money

give an inducement to

get to

give someone a backhander

give someone a sweetener

secure someone's support

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

predetermine the result of

prearrange the result of

stack the deck

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To mimic, typically humorously

satirise^UK

satirize^US

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 interpret erroneously, or to understand incorrectly

put a wrong interpretation on

receive a false impression

be at cross purposes

be under a delusion

miss the point

be barking up the wrong tree

get the wrong end of the stick

get the wrong idea about

get the wrong impression about

get hold of the wrong end of the stick

get the wrong impression

take something the wrong way

get your lines crossed about

not understand

not know

have wrong impression

make a wrong interpretation of

take out of context

get a false impression of

get your lines crossed

be at cross-purposes with

get your wires crossed

come to hasty conclusion

bark up wrong tree

jump to the wrong conclusion about

get the wrong end of the stick about

make a dog's dinner of

bark up the wrong tree

blot your copybook

snarl up

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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

throw dust in someone's eyes

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

play fast and loose with

send on a wild-goose chase

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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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