- plural of subversive.
subversives
Example Sentences
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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
