The meaning of Perversions

noun

A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one.

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They described the outbreak of violence in the area as an aberration

noun

An abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence.

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Babies with congenital abnormalities

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Something abnormal, usually in the body

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Genetic/congenital abnormalities, an increasing number of tests are available for detecting foetal …

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Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

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The journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places

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Dishonest or illegal behaviour involving a person in a position of power, for example, accepting money for doing something illegal or immoral

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He was a member of the team looking into allegations of corruption in the local government building…

noun

The action or process of reducing the quality or value of something.

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The outcome is rot and debasement of the system

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Excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs.

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A long weekend at the seaside means drinking, drugging & general debauchery, yes?

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Bad sexual behaviour, drinking too much alcohol, taking drugs, etc.

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A life of debauchery

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The state or quality of being degenerate.

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The degeneracy of later roman work

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Behaviour that shows very low moral standards

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He wrote about the moral degeneracy that accompanies the accumulation of wealth.

noun

Moral corruption; wickedness.

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A tale of depravity hard to credit

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The state of being morally bad, or an action that is morally bad

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The fact or state of diverging from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behaviour.

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A study of crime and deviance

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The quality of not being usual, and of being generally considered to be unacceptable

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Deviance from any deviance from the budgeted profit and there is an immediate investigation., socia…

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The quality of not being usual, and of being generally considered to be unacceptable

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Addicts often turn to crime or social deviancy to feed their habits., sexual deviancy he refused to…

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The action of departing from an established course or accepted standard.

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Deviation from a norm

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A difference from what is usual or expected

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The letter cited 'significant deviations from current good manufacturing practice'., in a recent an…

noun

The action of distorting or the state of being distorted.

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The virus causes distortion of the leaves

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A change to the intended or true meaning of something

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A gross distortion of the facts, nobody has challenged his distortions on education and the economy…

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The action of falsifying information or a theory.

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An investigation into fraud and the falsification of records

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The state or quality of being immoral; wickedness.

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He believed his father had been punished by god for his immorality

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The state or quality of being irregular.

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There is evidence that fraud and irregularity continue on a large scale

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Something that is not according to usual rules or what is expected, and often not acceptable

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The company discovered accounting irregularities going back three to four years.

noun

The use of something in a way that is illegal or wrong

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The misapplication of sth the misapplication of bank funds by an employee

noun

The action of misconstruing words or actions; misinterpretation.

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I used a phrase which may be open to misconstruction

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A failure to understand the meaning or intention of something that someone says or does, or a wrong idea that is based on this failure

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She said his ideas were open to misconstruction., it is a misconstruction to consider this policy a…

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A failure to correctly represent a meaning or intention

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This is a deliberate misconstruction of his words., it is completely wrong and a misconstruction to…

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The action of interpreting something wrongly.

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This quote is open to misinterpretation

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The act of forming a wrong understanding of something that is said or done, or an example of a wrong understanding

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The statement is unclear and open to misinterpretation (= could easily be misinterpreted)., this is…

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The action or offence of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something.

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She is seeking damages on allegations of misrepresentation

noun

The act of giving false information about something or someone, often in order to get an advantage

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The statement is a clear and deliberate misrepresentation of the facts., tobacco companies were cha…

verb

Use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose.

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He was found guilty of misusing public funds

noun

The wrong or improper use of something.

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Drugs of such potency that their misuse can have dire consequences

verb

To use something in an unsuitable way or in a way that was not intended

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She’s been accused of misusing federal funds to pay for her son’s private school expenses., [ c ] t…

noun

A deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness.

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They responded with typical perversity

noun

The undermining of the power and authority of an established system or institution.

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The ruthless subversion of democracy

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An attempt to change or weaken a government or to remove it from power by working secretly within it

noun

A false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.

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The absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice

verb

Represent in a false, absurd, or distorted way.

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Michael has betrayed the family by travestying them in his plays

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Something that completely fails to do what it is intended or expected to do, and therefore seems ridiculous

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The police chief called the judge’s ruling a travesty of justice.

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

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A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

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The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

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A thing with a spiral shape.

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A barley sugar twist

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Immoral or wicked behaviour.

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An open sewer of vice and crime

preposition

As a substitute for.

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The letter was drafted by david hunt, vice bevin who was ill

noun

A metal tool with movable jaws which are used to hold an object firmly in place while work is done on it, typically attached to a workbench.

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Hold the rail in the vice

noun

The quality of being evil or morally wrong.

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The wickedness of the regime

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The fact of being morally very wrong or bad

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They would be punished for their wickedness.