subvert

subvert
I verb annihilate, confound, corrupt, defeat, demolish, demoralize, despoil, destroy, devastate, disestablish, dismantle, disrupt, evertere, extinguish, extirpate, impair, injure, lay waste, level, overset, overthrow, overturn, pervert, pull down, put an end to, ruin, spy against, subvertere, throw down, topple, tumble, turn over, undermine, undo, upset, vitiate associated concepts: subvert the laws II index corrupt, destroy (efface), disturb, harm, overthrow, overturn, pervert, supplant, upset

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


subvert
v.
To work to undermine established authority or overthrow the government.
n.
subversion
adj.
subversive

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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