subversive
Example Sentences
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The queens cut their teeth performing in bars, burlesque theaters, punk venues and even a circus, where they learned to entertain by pulling together subversive and mainstream references.
From Los Angeles Times
The Gambian authorities said the country would not be used as a "base for subversive activity against any state".
From BBC
And “A Gun in Every Home” is quietly subversive.
From Salon
Fears of a subversive “Fifth Column” spurred harassment of immigrants from Axis countries, especially the city’s tiny Japanese population.
Mostly they are performed for the pleasure of men, but they can be adapted to secretly subversive ends.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
