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All the defendants deny the charge of conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026

Tolkien, a scholar of Old English, studied the “theory of courage” found in poems such as the ancient epic “Beowulf,” redeeming what he called the “noble northern spirit” from the fascists who would pervert it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

They also all claim the state-run institution conspired with Fujitsu to pervert the course of justice by "deliberately and dishonestly" withholding evidence.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025

Acting High Court of Fiji Chief Justice Salesi Temo sentenced the 70-year-old in the capital Suva on a conviction for attempting to pervert the course of justice.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024

"Nah, you just got me mad, that's all. You were calling me a pervert, remember? And I didn't want you to think that."

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

He also voices his fear that Harvard perverts and contorts young minds.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

“It inverts, or you might say perverts, the assumptions at the very foundation of the justification for the free market,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024

“If terrorism and violence in the name of dissent cannot be condoned, neither can violence that is officially sanctioned. Such action perverts the legal system that alone assures the survival of our traditions,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022

Ambition perverts the love between parent and child, husband and wife, brother and sister.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

Perhaps Charles Lamb’s famous saying, that recitation perverts a beautiful poem, would have been qualified had some poem been read to him with full recognition of its artistic character.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by S. S. (Samuel Silas) Curry

Mr. Mladenov has offered assurances that none of these provisions will be perverted to keep Hamas in power, and he has a team including a two-star U.S. general working to prevent that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The officer is alleged to have perverted the course of justice, but no arrests have been made, said police.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

What follows is a chorus of anecdotes, artworks and historical fragments tracing the pervasive — and sometimes perverted — roots of our everyday technologies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

Reprehensible such people may be, but they are motivated by a kind of perverted idealism.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2025

A lich was an undead creature, usually an incredibly powerful wizard or king who had employed dark magic to bind his intellect to his own reanimated corpse, thus achieving a perverted form of immortality.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

A British woman has been jailed for six years in Hong Kong for blackmail and perverting the course of justice after a court found she made a false allegation of rape.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

A high-ranking police officer is being investigated for allegedly perverting the course of justice in connection with legal action brought by a woman who sought video footage of her arrest.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

Hong Kong police first arrested the man, but within hours released him and arrested Rose, charging her with blackmail and later with perverting the course of public justice.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

Joel Bodmer, 40, who stood for selection as Labour's candidate for the Croydon East constituency, has been charged with perverting the court of justice in relation to allegedly altering phone records.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

That business in the note about “misleading and perverting the young” had been badly misunderstood and misinterpreted.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole