subvertere

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Cum per Paganos nomen ejus persequi non poterat, sub specie religionis fraudulenter subvertere disponebat.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007
The Oxford English Dictionary defines subversion as an attempt to overthrow or ruin a political regime, from the Latin subvertere, to turn from beneath.

Queen's Journal: Latest stories Associate Professor Richard Day 2008