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
With delivery verging on manic, the comedian leads audiences through a maze of offbeat non sequiturs, experimental multimedia, bizarre participatory rituals, elaborate fabrications, and subversions of comedy norms.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024
Former President Trump's lawyers' request to delay their response to special counsel Jack Smith's immunity motion in his 2020 election subversion case was granted by a federal judge on Monday.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
Trump pleaded not guilty in federal court in Washington, D.C.
Both cases were mired in delays as Trump appealed various aspects of the prosecutions, including an immunity challenge brought by Trump in his federal election subversion case that made it all the way to the Supreme Court.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
The retrospective, which currently occupies an entire floor of the museum, is organized non-chronologically such that Schütte’s early subversions of Minimalism and Conceptualism, dating back to the 1970s, are interspersed among his more recent creations.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024
Former President Trump's lawyers' request to delay their response to special counsel Jack Smith's immunity motion in his 2020 election subversion case was granted by a federal judge on Monday.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
Trump pleaded not guilty in federal court in Washington, D.C.
Both cases were mired in delays as Trump appealed various aspects of the prosecutions, including an immunity challenge brought by Trump in his federal election subversion case that made it all the way to the Supreme Court.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
The retrospective, which currently occupies an entire floor of the museum, is organized non-chronologically such that Schütte’s early subversions of Minimalism and Conceptualism, dating back to the 1970s, are interspersed among his more recent creations.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subversion
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In recent months, U.S., British, German and other European officials have accused Russia of organizing an increasingly aggressive sabotage campaign aimed at undermining and disrupting Western assistance to Ukraine.Tom Costello, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Beginning with a series of sabotage attacks earlier in September that led to the explosion of thousands of Hezbollah pagers, Israel has gone from disabling massive swathes of the group’s communications to taking out its most powerful leader, as well as several other senior commanders.Natasha Turak, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
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With the memory of the violent January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol still fresh, many voters fear that the peaceful transfer of power will again be under attack.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Even the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to halt the certification of the 2020 vote, didn’t stop most in the party from embracing him again.David Jackson, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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In June, Trump amplified a social media post calling for former Rep. Liz Cheney − the Republican co-chair of the special House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters − to be put on trial for treason by a military tribunal.Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Trump in 2023 accused NBC of treason for reporting on his various legal troubles.April Rubin, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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There are no major qualifications, but members of Congress and certain other office-holders are barred from participating, along with anyone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion.Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sofia’s haircut is an early sign of her rebellion; a shaggy mullet that calls back to Jane Fonda in the 1970s thriller Klute.Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Authorities have erected new security fencing around the White House and other buildings in Washington, D.C., on Sunday as the nation's capital braces for possible unrest on and after Election Day.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Obviously, there are myriad reasons for the malaise gripping the town — the lingering aftereffects of the pandemic, the industry-wide economic shrinkage, the labor unrest, the waves and waves of layoffs.Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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Hosted by Alan Cumming, the game of treachery and deceit returns to Peacock on Thursday, January 9th.Anne Easton, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Politics is full of deceit, treachery, and betrayal. . . .Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
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“Subversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subversion. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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