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- n. Plural form of subversive.
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“Berlusconi at the rally Saturday kept up his railing against Milan magistrates he described as "subversives" who sympathize with the left and are prosecuting him in hopes of ousting him from power.”
“Five men on the FBI computer list of "subversives" --a term he knew was next to meaningless, at least the way the FBI used it.”
“Videla and military leaders formed a junta that eliminated political parties, took over unions, censored the media and tortured and killed thousands of "subversives" - actions the junta justified as necessary to fight communism.”
“The House Un-American Activities Committee escalated its campaign against so-called subversives in government, which led to the conviction and imprisonment of Alger Hiss (1950), a former State Department official, on the basis of flimsy evidence.”
“MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Former Uruguayan President-turned-dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry died early Sunday at home, where he was serving a 30-year sentence for killings and disappearances during his country's war against so-called subversives.”
“Former Uruguayan President-turned-dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry died early Sunday at home, where he was serving a 30-year sentence for killings and disappearances during his country's war against so-called subversives.”
“MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Former Uruguayan President-turned-dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry died early Sunday at home, where he was serving a 30-year sentence for killings and disappearances during his country's war against so-called subversives.”
“None of the so-called "subversives" or their babies were ever registered in the hospital, nurses testified.”
“Throughout the Cold War the most prominent organisation involved in the blacklisting of so-called subversives was the Economic League.”
“The policy of terror used by the Guatemalan security forces to intimidate and destroy perceived "subversives" during the country's 36-year civil conflict resulted in the disappearance of an estimated 45,000 civilians and the death of some 200,000, according to the Historical Clarification Commission in 1999.”
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