The word 'subverts' is both correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to undermine or overthrow something, typically an established system or authority. An example sentence using 'subverts' could be: The corrupt politician was accused of using his power to subvert the justice system and protect his wealthy friends from punishment.
The detention of Mr Miranda subverts the benefit of the doubt that liberal democracies ask for when they arm themselves against terrorism.
Girls – to do the laundry!" GoldieBlox's song subverts this message, with lyrics such as: "Girls!
He rejects the dissidents' claim to be acting under a constitutional provision that enshrines the right to disobey a government that subverts democracy, arguing that they are engaged in a coup similar to one which briefly overthrew him last April.Another who could use a miracle is Cesar Gaviria, secretary-general of the Organisation of American States (OAS).
A number of leading Islamic figures, such as Egypt's grand mufti and Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a Qatar-based preacher, say that the death penalty is deserved if the apostate "subverts society" or "damages Islam".
In defending their position from the obvious charge that it subverts the core mission of the ACA, they lamely insist that their view of the law does not render "any other provision of the Act absurd".
But Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is equally full of such refusals: it subverts just about every dramatic convention that it purports to buy into.
It also undermines important legal principles and subverts legitimate sovereign interests of nation-states.DANIEL ORLOWNew YorkSIR In the Pacific we are used to Europeans ignoring us.
The Other Cinema subverts the anonymity experienced in multiplexes today.
The first option subverts democracy and would delay its return.
He is an odd champion for the medium: though we expect painting to be easier to read and understand than, say, an animal preserved in aspic or a performance piece involving nudity and a skeleton, Mr Richter subverts our expectations.
At Swim-Two-Birds, a book about books within a book, mixes and subverts genres from cheap American westerns to Irish myths and sports multiple narratives and characters never entirely under the control of their "authors".
