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adj. Tending to pervert.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Tending or having power to pervert or corrupt.
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adj. tending to corrupt or pervert
Word Usage
"Movement ', headed by one Johannes von Strauss von Moltke, whose object was to combat and destroy the alleged' perversive influence of the Jews in economics, culture, religion, ethics, and statecraft and to re-establish"