Topic: POLITICS
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | subvertir, from Latin subvertere 'to turn from beneath, subvert' |
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sub‧vert
[transitive] formal
[transitive] formal1PP to try to destroy the power and influence of a government or the established system : an attempt to subvert the democratic process
an attempt to subvert the democratic process2 to destroy someone's beliefs or loyalty
