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the conversion of something so it is not what it should be — especially a sexual practice considered unacceptable by society- It was an unacceptable perversion of justice.
perversion = the conversion of something to a wrong use
- The library wants to assure the Internet is not used to strengthen pedophilia or other unhealthy sexual perversions.
- And you won't stink up China anymore with your pervert stuff.David Henry Hwang -- M. Butterfly
- Pervert! I yelled and kicked at the man's hand. Brian came running into the room with a hatchet he kept by his bed, and the man bolted out the door.Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle
- But your feelings got hurt, so you started spreading lies, and now every girl in school is talking about me like I'm some kind of pervert.Laurie Halse Anderson -- Speak
- ...it was probably some pervert that hangs out at that sick place by...Barbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees
- I thought you were some guy, some pervert who'd ... and then when you didn't break down the door or anything . . .Alex Flinn -- Beastly
- They gave themselves, as the Indian did, to nature, not trying to subdue it, or pervert it, but to live with it.Forest Carter -- Education of Little Tree
- Among other things, I hold painfully in mind a certain singular perversion and amplification of the wild air of the last waltz of Von Weber.Edgar Allan Poe -- The Fall of the House of Usher
- A way to catch this pervert in the act.Jay Asher -- Thirteen Reasons Why
- Are you asking if I ever had sex with my girlfriend? I met you, like, two hours ago. Is there something wrong with you? Are you the school pervert?John Corey Whaley -- Nogin
- This tragic soul has endured a perversion of nature ... His skin was blue.Mitch Albom -- The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- I opened the door to the basement, and my sister and this boy were naked. ... And she screamed at me in a whisper. "Get out. You pervert."Stephen Chbosky -- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Then there was Ross, the second guy she dated. Ross the doctor. Ross the good-looking guy. Ross the pervert. One date with him was enough, thank you very much.Nicholas Sparks -- The Guardian
- "Hi, I'm Connie. And I don't want you going through my things in my room. You got that?" ... [she] wore a minidress. I couldn't help myself as I stared up at her legs. Connie stepped back, and her face turned red. "Mom, he's a little pervert!"Dave Pelzer -- The Lost Boy
- He and Brian and I went out on a serious Pervert Hunt.Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle
- The neighborhood also had its share of perverts.Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle
- "She's a pervert!"Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle
- We decided we had been Pervert Hunting, which was just like Demon Hunting except the enemy was real and dangerous instead of being the product of a kid's overactive imagination.Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle
- And every now and then, when Brian and I were feeling revved up, he'd get a machete and I'd get a baseball bat and we'd go Pervert Hunting, clearing the streets of the creeps who preyed on kids.Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle
pervert = sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
pervert = someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable or illegal by society
pervert = someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
pervert = someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
pervert = someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
pervert = convert something so it is not what it should be
perversion = the conversion of something so it is not what it should be
pervert = someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
pervert = someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
perversion = conversion of something so it is not what it should be
pervert = someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
pervert = someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
pervert = someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
pervert = of someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
perverts = people who like sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
pervert = someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
pervert = of someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
pervert = of someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
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