perverted
Example Sentences
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Des Jenson, Benguit's barrister, said that if police had coerced witnesses to lie, "it means that they have manufactured evidence, they've perverted the course of justice".
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
“That states do have the power to further their own agendas in very perverted ways.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024
Past victimhood should not be perverted into a right to harm.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2023
As the motions passed, one woman exclaimed in the quiet courtroom: "The law is perverted! The law is perverted!"
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2023
“She perverted our Arcanum Elixir of Light and found a way to strip Marvellers of their gifts.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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