Subversion

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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 ofdespotic power; the subversion of the constitution.The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . . through mywhole estate. Evelyn.Laws have been often abused to the oppression and subversion of thatorder they were intended to preserve. Rogers.