as in corrupted
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
by insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward
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Recent Examples of subverted
The show also subverted what the traditional mother-daughter relationship, and the role of a mother in general, can look like in the modern world.
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Anna Tingley, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Pat’s androgynous characteristics subverted gendered norms at time, but how is the character be perceived by contemporary audiences?
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, said the plan outlined subverted Congress's power outlined in the Constitution, controlling how government money is spent, according to Reuters.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
However, selection of data to encrypt must be done carefully, lest this method be subverted by AI or fall short of regulatory requirements.
—Srinivas Shekar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In practice, these verification processes are easily subverted by people with the will and technical know-how.
—Albert Fox Cahn, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
There are so many elements of genre that are mashed up in this, but there are so many elements that are also subverted.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
Anna Tingley, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Pat’s androgynous characteristics subverted gendered norms at time, but how is the character be perceived by contemporary audiences?
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, said the plan outlined subverted Congress's power outlined in the Constitution, controlling how government money is spent, according to Reuters.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
However, selection of data to encrypt must be done carefully, lest this method be subverted by AI or fall short of regulatory requirements.
—Srinivas Shekar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In practice, these verification processes are easily subverted by people with the will and technical know-how.
—Albert Fox Cahn, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
There are so many elements of genre that are mashed up in this, but there are so many elements that are also subverted.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subverted
Verb
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Democrats and civil libertarians said Trump corrupted the system of justice by getting involved.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Of course, what that sets up, in the game of Survivor, is someone ready to be corrupted.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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But warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels, disease and human activity, such as pollution, have severely degraded Florida's reefs, according to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Which is good news, because there’s no question that the general imaginative environment has degraded significantly.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Panthers are weakened without starting running back Chuba Hubbard.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Oct. 2025
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Confidence in business conditions and job availability has weakened sharply, raising concerns that the spending power underpinning corporate growth could falter.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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The real fiends were the ones who perverted science, who attacked this misunderstood giant out of fear, who branded him as something unholy and unworthy to exist, who gave him life but didn’t give him love.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the concept has been perverted to mean higher-ed grandees' exclusive right to determine who participates in scholarly life.—
Ilya Shapiro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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However, as Ozzy's health deteriorated, the project shifted into a film instead.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Stone, brick and window work has deteriorated.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sitting in class next to a star athlete destined for Division I football, the future comedy mogul listened as his teacher publicly humiliated him in front of his peers.—
Essence,
Essence,
2 Oct. 2025
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Is he humiliated by being asked to leave surreptitiously for Olivia’s amusement, or is this a game for him too?—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Officials were previously awaiting toxicology results to determine whether the woman had been poisoned.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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In March 2018, Ashley checked into a Florida hospital and alleged that Doug was abusive and poisoned her.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Though most of his property was destroyed in the fire, a carnival operator named Bunny Gibbons bought Gein's car and charged 25 cents for people to view it until authorities shut down the operation.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Gaza Strip itself has been nearly leveled, with the United Nations estimating 78% of structures having been damaged or destroyed, leaving a monumental task of rebuilding for whoever will govern the enclave next.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
7 Oct. 2025
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