perverting

verb

Saypur-VURT-ingUS/pɚˈvɚtɪŋ/UK/pəˈvəːtɪŋ/

1 meaning of perverting

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verb
Present participle and gerund of pervert.
Critics accused the propaganda ministry of perverting a whole generation of schoolchildren with lies about the war.
The coach worried that greed was perverting the spirit of the game.

perverting is a form of pervert

pervert, verb: To corrupt someone or something, leading a person away from what is right, or misusing a thing or turning it to a wrong or wicked purpose so that it becomes false, impure, or unjust. Full entry

Forms: pervertperverts he/she/itperverting -ing formperverted past tense, past participle
Spelling: pervert → perverting: add -ing

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