I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
course
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They are also accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
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Archer denies perjury, perverting the course of justice and using a false instrument.
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The friend, Ted Francis, denies perverting the course of justice.
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It is claimed Metclafe inflicted grievous bodily harm to a man and then attempted to pervert the course of justice.
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Six officers were originally charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and the seventh with unlawful wounding.
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But tonight Crabb is starting a life sentence for murder and Taylor was given nine years for perverting the course of justice.
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Another Leeds player, defender Michael Duberry, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
justice
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They are also accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice .
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Archer denies perjury, perverting the course of justice and using a false instrument.
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The friend, Ted Francis, denies perverting the course of justice .
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It is claimed Metclafe inflicted grievous bodily harm to a man and then attempted to pervert the course of justice .
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Six officers were originally charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and the seventh with unlawful wounding.
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But tonight Crabb is starting a life sentence for murder and Taylor was given nine years for perverting the course of justice .
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Another Leeds player, defender Michael Duberry, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to pervert the course of justice .
■ VERB
attempt
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Mejka has denied attempting to pervert the course of justice and two offences under the Companies' Act.
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All six soldiers deny attempting to pervert public justice and obstructing investigations.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Negative advertising is perverting the democratic process.
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TV sex and violence perverts the minds of young children.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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During 20 years of perverted worship, I wallowed in the futility of hedonism.
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I hope every driver who got stabbed by this perverted human being has a speedy recovery.
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It was no wonder that he felt heartsick over the purposes to which the glorious ship was perverted.
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The friend, Ted Francis, denies perverting the course of justice.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She took him to court, accusing him of being a pervert who was unfit to raise a child.
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What are you, some kind of pervert ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Clive thought she might be a rare type of pervert who gets off on vociferously condemning all the vices she actually practises.
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For it was known that the Green, and other parts in the city, were the haunts of peeping-Toms and perverts.
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He was going to take them to court, declare them perverts, unfit to raise a child.
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His role of mutant son extended itself to incorporate pervert as well.
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It provides cheap entertainment for illiterate people and perverts.
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The sentences meted out to the seven perverts who downloaded pornographic images of children as young as three months were laughable.
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You don't know what a pervert is, I suppose.