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- noun Plural form of
subversive .
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Examples
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Berlusconi at the rally Saturday kept up his railing against Milan magistrates he described as "subversives" who sympathize with the left and are prosecuting him in hopes of ousting him from power.
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Five men on the FBI computer list of "subversives" --a term he knew was next to meaningless, at least the way the FBI used it.
Black Friday Patterson, James 1986
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Five men on the FBI computer list of "subversives" --a term he knew was next to meaningless, at least the way the FBI used it.
Black Friday Patterson, James 1986
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Videla and military leaders formed a junta that eliminated political parties, took over unions, censored the media and tortured and killed thousands of "subversives" - actions the junta justified as necessary to fight communism.
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Videla and military leaders formed a junta that eliminated political parties, took over unions, censored the media and tortured and killed thousands of "subversives" - actions the junta justified as necessary to fight communism.
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Videla and military leaders formed a junta that eliminated political parties, took over unions, censored the media and tortured and killed thousands of "subversives" - actions the junta justified as necessary to fight communism.
ajc.com - News DEBORA REY 2010
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Videla and military leaders formed a junta that eliminated political parties, took over unions, censored the media and tortured and killed thousands of "subversives" - actions the junta justified as necessary to fight communism.
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The House Un-American Activities Committee escalated its campaign against so-called subversives in government, which led to the conviction and imprisonment of Alger Hiss (1950), a former State Department official, on the basis of flimsy evidence.
1947, Jan. 7 2001
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Former Uruguayan President-turned-dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry died early Sunday at home, where he was serving a 30-year sentence for killings and disappearances during his country's war against so-called subversives.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Former Uruguayan President-turned-dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry died early Sunday at home, where he was serving a 30-year sentence for killings and disappearances during his country's war against so-called subversives.
SFGate: Top News Stories By RAUL O. GARCES 2011
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