Sentence examples for seeking to subvert from inspiring English sources

He was formally arrested last summer and charged with seeking to subvert the state.

Bahrain, which regularly accuses Tehran of seeking to subvert its own restive Shia population, has been cool as well.

"We do not doubt that criminal elements may be involved in seeking to subvert or corrupt some players/officials and that they may even involve organised criminal gangs".

Mr. Liu, an author and intellectual who issued a call for democratic reforms in China in late 2008, received an 11-year prison sentence this year for seeking to subvert Communist rule.

Given that refrigerators' insulation levels vary, however, from an audio perspective, burying the phone in a pile of clothes one room over, Mr. Harvey suggested, might be a more reliable solution for someone seeking to subvert prying ears.

Human rights activists are commonly accused of seeking to subvert the state, but it is unusual for the government to include an allegation that someone is seeking to overthrow the Socialist system.

The secret service under his control, it turns out, sought to subvert neighbouring states.

We condemn those, like the sponsors of violence in Macedonia who seek to subvert democracy.

Fortunately, some spaces seek to subvert these stereotypes and to address the proliferation of often incorrect assumptions.

Coming here is a privilege that we refuse to extend to those who seek to subvert our shared values".

The Sopranos, on the other hand, takes a seemingly familiar world and seeks to subvert it from within.