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To undermine or overturn an established system, authority, or accepted principle.

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subvert

The novel uses humor to subvert the town's rigid social rules.
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A clique then tried to subvert the open application system by secretly steering every available space toward its own members.
From A Town Project Loses Its Purpose.
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