pervert Definition

pervert
verb perverted, perverting

1. To divert something or someone illicitly from what is normal or right.

Example: pervert the course of justice
2. To lead someone into evil or unnatural behaviour; to corrupt them.

Thesaurus: vitiate, corrupt, debase, debauch, deprave, degrade.
3. To distort or misinterpret (words, etc).

Thesaurus: distort, misrepresent, misconstrue, misinterpret, falsify, twist, warp, bend, subvert.

noun

1. Someone who is morally or sexually perverted.

Thesaurus: deviant, degenerate, debauchee, weirdo (slang).

Etymology: 14c: from Latin pervertere to turn the wrong way, to overturn or to corrupt.