subversion

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In 2019, pastor Wang Yi was sentenced to nine years in prison for incitement of subversion of state power and illegal business operations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

The national-security regulations, which were expanded last year, feature broad provisions against subversion and foreign collusion that have been used to clamp down on popular expressions of dissent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

The Cold War was an ideological battle; it would, many argued, necessitate an unblinking effort to root out domestic subversion and dissent.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

Alternatively, voters might use pop vocal album as a way to recognize Carpenter, whose deep belief in — and sly subversion of — the genre’s fundamentals has made her one of music’s biggest new stars.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

When the war was over, while Colonel Aureliano Buendía was sneaking about through the narrow trails of permanent subversion, General Moncada was named magistrate of Macondo.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez