perversions

noun

plural of perversion
as in misuses
incorrect or improper use if there's a hidden charge for the service, then that's a perversion of the word "free"

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Recent Examples of perversions Its technological perversions, unfortunately, end up quite mundane. — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2026 But there’s more to it than gleeful perversions of genre. — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026 This garish cavalcade of perversions, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, should have been shocking and transgressive; the pieces are certainly there. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026
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  1. misuses
  2. abuses
Noun
  • Other policy changes include various refinements to its wording around other misuses of Claude AI.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
  • District Attorney Amy Wren said there were more than 25,000 misuses of official information.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of misuses
Noun
  • For years, critics also questioned Dudamel’s silence about Chavez and Maduro and the human rights abuses and corruption that marked their reins.
    — Max Feliu, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Bukele has managed to reduce murders to a historic low in El Salvador but faces accusations of abuses during the state of emergency that began in 2022 and has imprisoned more than 91,000 people.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of abuses

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“Perversions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perversions. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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