as in sabotage
secret efforts to weaken or ruin a political system or government from within
They were arrested on charges of political subversion.
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Recent Examples of subversion
Trump, however, has already been convicted of 34 felony counts in New York and faces a second pending state-level felony election subversion case in Georgia.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Since 2020, the nation’s electoral apparatus has upgraded its equipment, tightened its procedures, improved its audits, and hardened its defenses against subversion by bad actors, foreign or domestic.
—Barton Gellman, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
Special counsel Jack Smith argued in a Wednesday filing that former President Donald Trump is not immune from election subversion charges.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump called for the immediate dismissal of the 2020 election subversion charges against him, arguing this week that the prosecution’s actions violate the Supreme Court‘s presidential immunity ruling and Trump’s due process rights.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Sep. 2024
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Since 2020, the nation’s electoral apparatus has upgraded its equipment, tightened its procedures, improved its audits, and hardened its defenses against subversion by bad actors, foreign or domestic.
—Barton Gellman, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
Special counsel Jack Smith argued in a Wednesday filing that former President Donald Trump is not immune from election subversion charges.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump called for the immediate dismissal of the 2020 election subversion charges against him, arguing this week that the prosecution’s actions violate the Supreme Court‘s presidential immunity ruling and Trump’s due process rights.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subversion
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Recognizing Russia's heavy dependence on railways for transporting military supplies, Ukraine's special operations forces and intelligence services have launched a comprehensive sabotage campaign.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Similar bulletins leaked then showing fears among federal security officials that extremists would mount an attack, threaten poll workers, or sabotage infrastructure.Dell Cameron, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
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Even the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to halt the certification of the 2020 vote, didn’t stop most in the party from embracing him again.David Jackson, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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With the memory of the violent January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol still fresh, many voters fear that the peaceful transfer of power will again be under attack.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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In June, Trump amplified a social media post calling for former Rep. Liz Cheney − the Republican co-chair of the special House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters − to be put on trial for treason by a military tribunal.Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Trump in 2023 accused NBC of treason for reporting on his various legal troubles.April Rubin, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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There are no major qualifications, but members of Congress and certain other office-holders are barred from participating, along with anyone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion.Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sofia’s haircut is an early sign of her rebellion; a shaggy mullet that calls back to Jane Fonda in the 1970s thriller Klute.Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Authorities have erected new security fencing around the White House and other buildings in Washington, D.C., on Sunday as the nation's capital braces for possible unrest on and after Election Day.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Obviously, there are myriad reasons for the malaise gripping the town — the lingering aftereffects of the pandemic, the industry-wide economic shrinkage, the labor unrest, the waves and waves of layoffs.Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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Hosted by Alan Cumming, the game of treachery and deceit returns to Peacock on Thursday, January 9th.Anne Easton, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Politics is full of deceit, treachery, and betrayal. . . .Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
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“Subversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subversion. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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