subvert

About 0.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
2. verb To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.

   The oppressive regime stays in power only as long as they manage to subvert the will of the people.

3. verb To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
4. noun An advertisement created by subvertising.

Similar words

undermine sabotage weaken counteract countermine overthrow obstruct overturn impede topple

Often followed by

the it and their or all our them his

Word family

subverted subverter subverters subverting subverts