pervert
//perverts, perverting, perverted
pronounced // when it is a verb, and // when it is a noun.
1. If you pervert something, for example a process or society,
you interfere with it so that it is not what it used to be
or should be; a formal
use
Traditional ceremonies
were perverted into meaningless rituals.
VB WITH OBJ
2. A pervert is a person whose behaviour, especially sexual behaviour,
is abnormal or unacceptable.
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