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
The head and other members of the Public Integrity Section in Washington also resigned rather than succumb to this subversion of justice.
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Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
In June, Chinese journalist and #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison for subversion.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
The Foreign Agents Registration Act, known as FARA, was enacted in 1938 to combat domestic political subversion by foreign adversaries amid rising Nazism.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
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).
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
In June, Chinese journalist and #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison for subversion.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
The Foreign Agents Registration Act, known as FARA, was enacted in 1938 to combat domestic political subversion by foreign adversaries amid rising Nazism.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
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).
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subversion
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While cable news tracks every dip in the Dow and Americans watch their 401(k)s shrink, the most dangerous consequences of Trump's economic sabotage are yet to come: rising unemployment, decimated public services, and a predictable surge in crime.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Our suspicions of sabotage are confirmed at 49-Across: There’s a [Person who may have ruined your puzzle experience].—
Sam Corbin,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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Yet the movement was deeply involved in a dramatic example of recent political violence: the January 6 insurrection, during which four people died and more than 100 police officers were injured.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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One of his first acts as president was to pardon those responsible for the Jan. 6 insurrection.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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Buying American now seems like an act of treason here.—
Matthew J. Friedman,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
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Wolsey died in Season 1, but not before bequeathing his showcase to Henry, who returned the favor by accusing his chief minister of treason.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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The hit show returns with its sixth and final season on April 8, and audiences should brace for an explosive finale as the rebellion in Gilead finally ignites.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2025
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The title is borrowed from Elizabeth Alexander’s fourth collection persona poems, historical narratives, jazz riffs, sonnets, elegies, and a sequence of ars poetica which examines the Black experience through the lens of the slave rebellion on the Amistad and nineteenth-century American art.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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In 1968, amid urban unrest eerily similar to the tensions today, dedicated scholars built institutes such as the Urban Institute and Johns Hopkins’ Center for Metropolitan Planning and Research to bring rigorous evidence to bear on pressing social problems.—
Andrew V. Papachristos,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Political unrest urged by anti-Trump liberals, coupled with attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships due to founder Elon Musk’s close association with the president, appears to be pushing some people to buy guns for self-defense.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2025
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Because of that treachery Castor was a pure mortal, but Pollux was a half god.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
6 Apr. 2025
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After weeks of treachery and deception, the final roundtable has been viewed, and the winner or winners for The Traitors Season 3 have been revealed.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Subversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subversion. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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