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
Most of the Hong Kong 47 were found guilty of conspiring to attempt subversion, one of four crimes the NSL established, while two were acquitted (the group is later referred to as Hong Kong 45).
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Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Special counsel Jack Smith's report on Trump's election subversion case nonetheless said there was enough evidence to convict him.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
The Justice Department's final report about the election subversion case against Donald Trump was released on Tuesday, Jan. 14, revealing new details about how the 45th president allegedly tried clinging to power after losing reelection in 2020.
—Kyler Alvord, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2025
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Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Special counsel Jack Smith's report on Trump's election subversion case nonetheless said there was enough evidence to convict him.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
The Justice Department's final report about the election subversion case against Donald Trump was released on Tuesday, Jan. 14, revealing new details about how the 45th president allegedly tried clinging to power after losing reelection in 2020.
—Kyler Alvord, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subversion
Noun
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The possibility of retaliatory tariffs planned by Canada, Mexico and Europe could lead to a broader trade conflict that sabotage growth.—
Josh Boak,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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Of course, both Lete and Phillip love this, and, better yet, this week’s excursion offers the perfect opportunity for sabotage.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
18 Feb. 2025
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His clemency toward those convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection – including seditious conspiracy and assaults on police officers – was different in key ways from the two previous efforts, by Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Ulysses S. Grant in 1873.—
David Cason,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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McKinley took a similar approach in dealing with Spain during its brutal effort to suppress an insurrection in Cuba against Spanish imperial rule.—
Robert W. Merry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Fries was arrested, convicted of treason and sentenced to hang.—
Bill Hamilton,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2025
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Another power given to the president was also universally considered extremely dangerous: that of granting pardons to individuals guilty of treason.—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Or just a brilliant disguise?’ - from Brilliant Disguise Rock 'n' roll has always embodied rebellion and dissent.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Set in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, where Mateus was raised, a peasant community of grape-pickers become agents in an open-air ritual of remembrance and rebellion.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Political tensions rise over resource allocation, with social unrest more frequent.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Pro-Palestinian sentiments still run strong among the peoples of the region, and history has proven how civil unrest can quickly lead to instability even in nominally stable nations.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Witness was his 1952 manifesto on fellow-traveling American liberals and their treachery, which emboldened the Soviet Union.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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The songs typically crop up in the final act of an episode as the tensions (and treacheries) mount.—
Mark Peikert,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Subversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subversion. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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