pervert

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1. divert, deflect, turn, turn away, turn aside, avert, sidetrack, switch, Obs. prevaricate; wrench, wrest, wring, skew, shunt.

2. seduce, corrupt, subvert, demoralize, lead astray, lead away; tempt, allure, entice, inveigle; trap, entrap, snare, ensnare.

3. mislead, misguide, misdirect, misadvise, sophisticate; misinform, misexplain, misexpound, misexplicate; misinstruct, misteach, miseducate, miscorrect; delude, beguile, deceive, trick, hoax, dupe, take in.

4. misuse, prostitute, exploit, misapply, misemploy, misappropriate, mishandle, mismanage, malad-minister; squander, waste, throw away.

5.(all deliberately) misconstrue, misconstruct, misinterpret, mistranslate, misdeem, misread, misrender, misreport, miscite; misquote, misstate, lie, miscolor, belie, misrepresent, falsify; distort, warp, twist, Scot. thraw, Fig. mutilate, Fig. butcher, garble; torture, contort, bend, squeeze, stretch, strain; bias, color, slant; exaggerate, blow out of proportion, play up; varnish, gild, gloss, gloss over, whitewash, evade, dodge, Inf. fudge; embroider, embellish, adorn, decorate, garnish, titivate, dress up.

6. vitiate, debase, abase, impair, reduce, lower; pollute, contaminate, adulterate, infect, poison, taint, spoil, mar, alloy, foul, befoul, soil, sully, make impure; defile, desecrate, debauch, deflower, profane; violate, abuse, ruin.

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7.(all with reference to sexual relations) deviate, deviant, degenerate, fiend, maniac, psychopath, criminal; sadist, masochist, fetishist, lecher, voyeur, scotophiliac, erotomaniac, narcissist, nymphomaniac; sodomist, sodomite, bugger; pederast, pedophiliac, child-molester, catamite, Sl. gunsel, Sl. punk, Sl. chicken; coprophiliac; necrophiliac; zoophiliac.

8. apostate, backslider, recidivist, reversionist, schismatist, schismatic, dissenter, sectary, lost soul, lost sheep, fallen angel; heretic, unbeliever, non-believer, infidel, antichrist, antichristian; secessionist, seceder, seditionist, separatist; renegade, recreant, traitor, turncoat; deserter, turntail.