subversion

Noun
Synonyms: corruptionsubversive activity

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity“corruption of a minor”“the big city's subversion of rural innocence”Synonyms: corruption
  2. the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted governmentSynonyms: subversive activity
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Subversion \Sub*ver"sion\, n. [L. subversio: cf. F. subversion. See Subvert.] The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution. [1913 Webster]

The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . . through my whole estate. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]

Laws have been often abused to the oppression and subversion of that order they were intended to preserve. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]

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