subvert
subvert.01 - to corrupt, destroy, or weaken something
SUBVERT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'subvert' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from subvert.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
subvert (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: corrupter, agent
ARG1-PPT: entity subverted
ARG2-DIR: entity subverted from
ARG1-PPT: entity subverted
ARG2-DIR: entity subverted from
subvert-v: with Arg2
The agencyARG1
was so totallyARGM-MNR
subvertedrel
from the high principles of its foundingARG2
that even the Soviets now wonder about an agency that seemed so congenial to them .subvert-v: transitive
Future witnesses include a former federal S & L regulator who has accused
the five senatorsARG0
of attempting to `` subvertrel
'' the regulatory processARG1
by intervening on behalf of Mr. KeatingARGM-MNR
.