perverted

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“These are cheap laws that can be passed to make people feel good,” said Charles P. Ewing, author of “Justice Perverted: Sex Offense Law, Psychology, and Public Policy.”

From New York Times • May 30, 2012

There seems no reason to doubt that My Revolution, Promenades in Paris 1789-1794 really is the diary of Restif de la Bretonne, author of The Pornographer, The Perverted Peasant, and Paris Nights.

From Time Magazine Archive

We begin our citations from Bourdaloue with an extract from a sermon of his on “A Perverted Conscience.”

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

But here is the promised extract from the sermon on “A Perverted Conscience.”

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

Perverted by selfishness, it reasons in favor of untruth, and attains injurious ends.

From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by Fowler, L. N.