1. A person whose behaviour deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behaviour
   "The community was shocked to learn that a pervert had been living in their neighbourhood";
   - deviant, deviate, degenerate, perv [informal], perve [informal]

1. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
   "Socrates was accused of perverting young men";
   - corrupt, subvert, demoralize, demoralise [Brit], debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
    
2. Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
   "Don't pervert my words";
   - twist, twist around, convolute, sophisticate [archaic]
    
3. Use to one's advantage in a way that was not intended
   "The director of the factory perverted the funds intended for the health care of his workers";
   - misuse, abuse

Derived forms: perverted, perverting, perverts

Type of: alter, change, consume, denote, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, expend, miscreant, modify, refer, reprobate, run through, use, use up, wipe out

Encyclopedia: Pervert