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.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.