perverted

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It was as if Robert Hoyzer, Raj Perumal and the other grubby footballing perverters and inverters had not existed, and words such as Scommessopoli had never become shorthand for scandal.

From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2013

Pope confesses his early letters to be vitiated with “affectation and ambition:” to know whether he disentangled Himself from these perverters of epistolary integrity, his book and his life must be set in comparison.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

All we now affirm is that the reason is abundantly clear and evident, though little creditable to these perverters of history.

From The Purpose of the Papacy by Vaughan, John S. (John Stephen)

Verses 6, 7: A poor man, and weak means, if they be of upright men, are better and stronger than many rich and strong perverters.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

But that they were hypocrites and perverters of the law, they knew not.

From The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)