Category:Subversion

Sub*ver"sion, n. Etym: [l. subversio: cf. F. subversion. See Subvert.]

Defn: 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. The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber. . . through my Whole estate. Evelyn. Laws have been often abused to the oppression and subversion of that Order they were intended to preserve. Rogers.