'Subversion' definitions:

Definition of 'subversion'

From: WordNet
noun
Destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence" [syn: corruption, subversion]
noun
The act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government [syn: subversion, subversive activity]

Definition of 'Subversion'

From: GCIDE
  • Subversion \Sub*ver"sion\, n. [L. subversio: cf. F. subversion. See Subvert.] The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution. [1913 Webster]
  • The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . . through my whole estate. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
  • Laws have been often abused to the oppression and subversion of that order they were intended to preserve. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'subversion'

From: Moby Thesaurus