perversion

De Palma may be best known for his stylistic trademarks and penchant for perversion, but he’s also one of American cinema’s great realists.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 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

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

Since each of the three superstates is unconquerable, each is in effect a separate universe within which almost any perversion of thought can be safely practiced.

From "1984" by George Orwell

"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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

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

A whole collection of similar perversions of Scripture may be found in an excellent pamphlet by the late Pastor Frank H. White, called "Anglo-Israelism Examined"—unfortunately now out of print.

From The History of the Ten "Lost" Tribes Anglo-Israelism Examined by Baron, David