She was convicted of perverting justice [=(US) obstructing justice] for lying to the police.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
justice — n. rules of law administration of law 1) to administer, dispense, mete out, render justice 2) to obstruct justice 3) to pervert justice 4) divine; frontier (US); poetic; summary justice 5) justice prevails 6) a miscarriage; travesty of justice 7) … Combinatory dictionary
pervert the course of justice — legal phrase to try to influence the result of a court case, especially by preventing the true facts about a crime from being known Thesaurus: appearing in courthyponym Main entry: pervert * * * pervert the course of justice see ↑ … Useful english dictionary
justice — noun 1 fairness ADJECTIVE ▪ distributive, economic, environmental, natural, racial (esp. AmE), social ▪ rough ▪ He saw it as rough … Collocations dictionary
pervert — perverts, perverting, perverted (The verb is pronounced [[t]pə(r)vɜ͟ː(r)t[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)vɜː(r)t[/t]].) 1) VERB If you pervert something such as a process or society, you interfere with it so that it is not as good as it… … English dictionary
pervert — I UK [pə(r)ˈvɜː(r)t] / US [pərˈvɜrt] verb [transitive] Word forms pervert : present tense I/you/we/they pervert he/she/it perverts present participle perverting past tense perverted past participle perverted 1) to affect something good or right… … English dictionary
pervert the course of justice — If a person perverts the course of justice, they tell a lie or prevent the police from finding out the truth about something. The suspect was accused of trying to pervert the course of justice … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
pervert — per|vert1 [ pər vɜrt ] verb transitive 1. ) to affect something good or right in a negative way so that it becomes bad or wrong: an attempt to pervert the meaning of an innocent story 2. ) to influence someone to behave sexually in a way that is… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
justice */*/*/ — UK [ˈdʒʌstɪs] / US noun Word forms justice : singular justice plural justices 1) a) [uncountable] treatment of people that is fair and morally right the struggle for freedom and justice social justice: a society based on democracy, peace, and… … English dictionary
pervert — 1. noun /ˈpɜːvɜːt,ˈpɝvɝt,pəˈvɜːt,pɚˈvɝt/ a) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals. b) A sexually perverted person. Syn: deviant, perv … Wiktionary
pervert — per|vert1 [pəˈvə:t US pərˈvə:rt] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: pervertir, from Latin pervertere, from vertere to turn ] 1.) to change something in an unnatural and often harmful way ▪ Genetic scientists are often accused of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
