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subvert

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
subvert/səbˈvɜːt/

▶verb undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).

– derivatives
subversion noun,
subverter noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. subvertir or L. subvers-, subvertere, from sub- ‘from below’ + vertere ‘to turn’.

'subvert' also found in these Oxford entries:

entryism - subversive

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