0 present participle of pervert
1 to change something so that it is not what it was or should be, or to influence someone in a harmful way:
Her ideas have been shamelessly perverted to serve the president's propaganda campaign.
The history teacher tried to pervert (= persuade into unacceptable sexual activity) the boys by showing them pornographic magazines.
The two police officers were charged with perverting the course of justice by fabricating evidence in the trial.
