subverting

He’s playing a character but also subverting our impression of him as an uncompromising, ultra-serious auteur.

While destroying and subverting the civil rights infrastructure, the administration also aims to unravel essential civil rights legal frameworks for addressing modern-day discrimination.

Some accused him of overlooking the Democrats’ role in subverting democratic norms, citing, for example, President Obama’s embrace of executive power, or the Democratic attempt to filibuster Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

Leavitt did not explain how those fired were allegedly subverting democracy, and White House officials didn’t respond to requests for more information.

I like the idea that I’m subverting the idea of information and making something else.