perversion

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

Attorney Alexandra Shapiro called Combs' 50-month prison sentence "unlawful, unconstitutional, and a perversion of justice".

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025

Advocates say the technology simply takes the principle of efficient pricing to its logical extreme; critics say it’s unfair, discriminatory and a perversion of free-market capitalism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024

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

“Do I believe the total perversion that I am witnessing?”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

"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

Series co-creator Craig Mazin writes David as a metaphor for the twin perversions of absolute power and male supremacy.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 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

While White’s stories typically focus on a sole protagonist, “The White Lotus” is an ensemble piece, with multiple subplots exploring the perversions of power against a background of astonishing natural beauty.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021

These delusions, however, are not attributable to original perversions of the reasoning process, but arise out of the perverted emotional state.

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.