subvert

It just felt like, how do we subvert the expectations of the audience and do that in a way that still feels true to who these characters are?

Hoover felt no need to subvert the constitutional order; he simply ignored it.

I wanted to subvert the use of body cam footage.

Hamilton was right: “The people” can be riotous and unruly, in the process threatening to subvert core institutions of a republic ruled by law.

In 1921, hoteliers in Atlantic City subverted that idea by creating their own revue of “bathing beauties,” held the week after Labor Day as a way to extend the summer season.