as in sabotage
secret efforts to weaken or ruin a political system or government from within
They were arrested on charges of political subversion.
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Recent Examples of subversion
This scene has been studied and written about by countless scholars and academics as a groundbreaking subversion of the male gaze and of the consumption of women as products.
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Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2025
Mark Meadows, Trump’s White House chief of staff, and longtime ally Rudy Giuliani are among the 16 total defendants with remaining charges in the Arizona election subversion case.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
The big picture: Lawyers for the Justice Department argued in the court filing Wednesday that there was no legal basis for preventing the release of the portion of the report related to Trump's election subversion case.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Now Trachtenberg is chasing Prey with an even more radical subversion of the franchise formula: a Predator movie that makes the Predator the protagonist!
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2025
Mark Meadows, Trump’s White House chief of staff, and longtime ally Rudy Giuliani are among the 16 total defendants with remaining charges in the Arizona election subversion case.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
The big picture: Lawyers for the Justice Department argued in the court filing Wednesday that there was no legal basis for preventing the release of the portion of the report related to Trump's election subversion case.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Now Trachtenberg is chasing Prey with an even more radical subversion of the franchise formula: a Predator movie that makes the Predator the protagonist!
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subversion
Noun
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During World War II, the Roosevelt administration acted to defend the waterway from Nazi sabotage plans.—
Michael Crowley,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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Russia has denied allegations of involvement in underwater cable sabotage.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Bannon served four months in federal prison last year for an unrelated conviction for defying a congressional subpoena related to the House Committee’s probe of the Jan. 6 insurrection.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2025
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Trump upon taking office pardoned people convicted in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection, many of whom had pleaded guilty or been convicted or defacing or damaging the Capitol, which itself is a National Historic Landmark and contains multiple statues and other displays.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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Under South Korean law, a sitting president has immunity from most criminal prosecutions, but the privilege does not extend to allegations of insurrection or treason.—
Yoonjung Seo,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Yoon has presidential immunity from most criminal prosecutions, but the privilege doesn’t extend to allegations of rebellion or treason.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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Flowy gowns, and darker hues of usually vibrant shades are used possibly to convey the love, despair, rebellion, and individualism the designer mentioned in his show notes.—
Kerane Marcellus,
Essence,
13 Feb. 2025
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The first is Hotspur’s — poor, reckless lionheart, unlucky enough to be born on the wrong side of the rebellion.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2025
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Signs of unrest at Mount Spurr -- located in the Aleutian Arc in southern Alaska about 75 miles west of Anchorage -- have increased over the past 10 months, according to volcanologists at the U.S. Geological Survey.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2025
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As villages rise-up against British rule, protagonist Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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After a season of treachery and deception, the winner or winners of The Traitors UK Season 3 have been revealed.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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This would be immediately followed by my dad standing up, racing over to my uncle, and sometimes grabbing him by the collar to stop him from completing an action that in their eyes seemed to be an act of utter betrayal and treachery.—
Wayne Chan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Subversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subversion. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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