perversion

That message — a howl of righteous anger at state corruption and the perversion of religion to serve the nefarious agendas of cruel, power-mad men — is what makes “The Devils” sacrilegious yet not apostate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Meanwhile, the perversion of ordinary goods to serve a fully militarized state is encapsulated in the difficulty the boy has in finding white flour: None is available because it’s being used to stanch wounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

No, the needs that have changed American life amount to a four-headed monster that has been fed by a perversion of market forces.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2024

He described the handling of the Alan Bates court case as "a perversion of the course of justice".

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2024

Nestor in the grip of parem had seemed like a perversion of everything she loved about her power.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

"It was never going to end well, and his downfall was inevitable. Eventually his lies caught up with him and he is now facing the consequences of his deceit, and his perversions."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025

This also speaks to the hollowness that all ideological language contains, to paraphrase Orwell, in its swindles and perversions, its slovenliness and vagueness.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2023

The family itself becomes the unit that keeps old prejudices and perversions alive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

Unlike “Go, Went, Gone,” which critiqued the power structures that enable perversions and prejudices to flower, “The Laughter” seems to argue that the worst consequences of these structures are immutable and inevitable.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023

Captain Grose, in his very entertaining little work, entitled “An Olio,” in which there are many interesting anecdotes, notices several perversions of this kind, particularly one of a woman who sold milk.

From The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times by John Thomas Smith