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  1. transitive verb To destroy completely; ruin: "schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community” (Alexander Hamilton).
  2. transitive verb To undermine the character, morals, or allegiance of; corrupt.
  3. transitive verb To overthrow completely: "Economic assistance ... must subvert the existing ... feudal or tribal order” (Henry A. Kissinger). See Synonyms at overthrow.

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  • His anger would consume the Inner Circle member and deny him continued existence Croag must destroy such efforts-subvert them. —  Loren L
  • Creative business models that subvert or avoid tax liability (see the IKEA nonprofit example) are wonderful in that they have both legal authority while at the same time undermine fiscally irresponsible governments that use tax funds for items such as ICBMs, space lasers, and for all we know genetically engineered marsupial soldiers. —  Cal Poly MBA Trip
  • The theoretical explanation is what allows us to become class conscious (knowledge of class relations) and that consciousness allows us to act in ways that subvert, transform, and overthrow the system. —  Kasama
  • In it he accused Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy of "acting unlawfully", breaching his duties as Regional Development Minister and attempting to 'subvert' the Executive. —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Anything, subvert, deform Any institution to get its way in Perak. —  KTemoc Konsiders ........
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English subverten, from Old French subvertir, from Latin subvertere : sub-, sub- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French subvertir = Spanish subvertir = Portuguese subverter = Italian sovvertere, sovvertire, from Latin subvertere, overturn, upset, overthrow, from sub, under, + vertere, turn: see verse. Cf. evert, invert, pervert, etc.
 

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