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subvert (verb), subverts; subverted; subverting
1. To secretly attempt to destroy or to undermine a government or a political system: Sometimes it is easier for a country to resist an attack from the outside than to survive from being subverted within its governing organization.
2. To make something weaker or less effective: A politician was accusing his opponent of trying to subvert the electoral system.
To undermine the allegiance of.
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To over turn or to overthrow; as, to subvert a government.
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subvert, subverts; subverted; subverting
To overthrow or to weaken a nation's governing establishment. (2)
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