subversive

Even though they never worked together, Highsmith, like Hitchcock, was captivated by the subversive and the clandestine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

It alleges French support for "subversive networks and an intent to marginalise" Burkina Faso on the international stage.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

“This feels like a Robin that lived in me for a long time,” the director says of his subversive take.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

It puts you in your place and, whether you realize it or not, it’s a subversive way of controlling the outcome and discouraging you from using your voice.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026

My loyalty to Mr. Smeath is similar to my loyalty to my brother both are on the side of ox eyeballs, toe jam under the microscope, the outrageous, the subversive.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

These Super Glue subversives have been derided as publicity-seeking Philistines and hailed as martyrs for a vital cause.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022

They are dangerous subversives with a thrilling dual-threat quarterback and a slick upstart coach whose gimmicky system is all dessert and no vegetables.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2020

Some did so in the sincere belief that they were exposing subversives, some to preserve their careers against threatened blacklisting, some to settle scores, some out of a combination of all these motivations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2020

Americans worked themselves into a tizzy over the putative threat posed by small numbers of homegrown subversives.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2018

"McCarthyism" became a catchphrase for the hunt for communist subversives, a frenzy that would engulf the United States for the rest of the 1950s.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau