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subvert
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[səbˈvəːt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution)
(e.g: the case involved an attempt to subvert the rule of law)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French subvertir or Latin subvertere, from sub- ‘from below’ + vertere ‘to turn’
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