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subverting

Meaning

of Subvert

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

Cutting and pasting is the essence of what hip-hop culture is all about for me. It's about drawing from what's around you, and subverting it and decontextualizing it. DJ Shadow

While I have made errors that I deeply regret, I have never, ever done so with the intent of subverting the law or of benefiting myself. Kevin Shelley

We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. Zoe Lofgren

When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy. Edward Snowden

Money never seems to be interested in strengthening regulatory agencies, for example, but always in subverting them, in making them miss the danger signs in coal mines and in derivatives trading and in deep-sea oil wells. Thomas Frank

Fanatics end by subverting their own argument. For instance, animal rights activists have some point, and many people feel sympathy with them. But animal rights fanatics do not have a point. They are the sort of people who threaten human beings in their effort to 'defend' animals. Douglas Murray

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