pervert

 

verb

Pronunciation: /pəˈvəːt/
[with object]
  • 1distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something): he was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice
  • 2lead (someone) away from what is considered natural or acceptable: Hector is a man who is simply perverted by his time
  • (as adjective perverted) sexually abnormal and unacceptable: he whispered perverted obscenities

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈpəːvəːt/
  • a person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable.

Derivatives

pervertedly

adverb

perverter

Pronunciation: /-ˈvəːtə/
noun

Origin:

late Middle English (as a verb): from Old French pervertir, from Latin pervertere, from per- 'thoroughly, to ill effect' + vertere 'to turn'. The current noun sense dates from the late 19th century