Pervert

v. t.	1.	To turnanother way; to divert. [imp. & p. p. Perverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Perverting.] Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath. - Shak.
	2.	To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words. He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve. - Milton.
v. i.	1.	To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
n.	1.	One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; - opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert. That notorious pervert, Henry of Navarre. - Thackeray.

Noun	1.	pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior Synonyms: degenerate, deviant, deviate
Verb	1.	pervert - 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" Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, profane, vitiate, subvert
	2.	pervert - practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive Synonyms: twist around, convolute, sophisticate, twist
	3.	pervert - 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" Synonyms: abuse, misuse

abuse, adulterate, alloy, argue insincerely, backslider, bad egg, bad lot, bastardize, befoul, belie, bias, black sheep, brutalize, burlesque, camouflage, canker, caricature, cheapen, coarsen, color, confound, contaminate, contort, convert, debauch, debauchee, defalcate, defile, deflect, deflower, degenerate, demoralize, denature, desecrate, despoil, devalue, deviant, deviate, disguise, distort, divert, dress up, embellish, embezzle, embroider, exaggerate, fallen angel, falsify, foul, fudge, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gild, gloss, gloss over, ill-treat, infect, lead astray, lecher, lost sheep, lost soul, maladminister, maltreat, mask, misadvise, misapply, misapprehend, misappropriate, miscite, miscolor, misconceive, misconstrue, miscreant, misdeem, misdirect, miseducate, misemploy, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misguide, mishandle, misinform, misinstruct, misinterpret, misjudge, mislead, mismanage, misquote, misread, misrender, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, mistake, misteach, mistranslate, mistreat, misunderstand, misuse, mystify, obfuscate, obscure, outrage, overdraw, overstate, paralogize, parody, peculate, pilfer, pimp, poison, pollute, profane, profligate, prostitute, rationalize, ravage, ravish, reason ill, recidivist, recreant, reprobate, ruin, scapegrace, seduce, sex criminal, sex fiend, sexual deviant, sexual deviate, sexual pervert, sexual psychopath, sidetrack, slant, sorry lot, squeeze, strain, strain the sense, subvert, taint, titivate, torture, travesty, trick out, trollop, turn aside, turn away, twist, twist the words, ulcerate, understate, varnish, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, weirdo, whitewash, whore, wrench

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