Etymology: (1300–50; (v.) ME < L pervertere to overturn, subvert)
Definition of 'Pervert'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
2. (verb)corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
3. (verb)twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive "Don't twist my words"
4. (verb)pervert, misuse, abuse change the inherent purpose or function of something "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
Definition of 'Pervert'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Pervert one who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert
2. (verb)Pervert to turnanother way; to divert
3. (verb)Pervert to turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words
4. (verb)Pervert to become perverted; to take the wrongcourse
Definitions of Pervert 
Afrikaans: verderf
Arabic: يُحْرِف ، يُضِلُّ
Bulgarian: изопачавам
Brazilian: perverter
Czech: zvrátit
German: verdrehen
Danish: forlede; forhindre retfær
Greek: διαστρέφω, διαστρεβλώνω
Spanish: distorsionar, tergiversar
Estonian: moonutama
Farsi: تحریف کردن
Finnish: vääristää
French: fausser
Hebrew: לְהִשתַמֵש לְרָעָה בְּ-
Hindi: विकृत या भ्रष्ट कर देना
Croatian: iskriviti, izopačiti
Hungarian: kiforgat
Indonesian: menyelewengkan
Icelandic: spilla, rangfæra
Italian: corrompere, alterare
Japanese: ゆがめる
Korean: 빗나가다
Lithuanian: iškraipyti, iškreipti
Latvian: sagrozīt
Malay: memutarbalikkan
Dutch: verdraaien
Norwegian: forderve; forlede
Polish: wypaczyć
Persian: تحریف کردن
Pashto: كلپي راګرځېدنه:ناوړه تعبي
Portuguese: perverter
Romanian: a denatura
Russian: искажать
Slovak: skaziť
Slovenian: popačiti
Serbian: onemogućiti
Swedish: förvränga, förvanska
Thai: ตีความผิด ๆ
Turkish: çarpıtmak
Taiwanese: 誤用
Ukrainian: перекручувати
Urdu: منحرف کرنا، گمراہ کرنا
Vietnamese: xuyên tạc
Chinese: 颠倒，误用
