Other Latin American presidents have imitated Chavez populist undemocratic style, intimidating opponents, restricting the media and subverting the judiciary.

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For sure, Rajaratnam became, at least temporarily, a billionaire subverting the U.S. Securities markets by flagrantly flouting the law.

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He stands charged with subverting Turkey's secular system during his stint as mayor.

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"I'm sort of subverting that reality, " Nagorka tells NPR's Susan Stone, during a trip to a Home Depot outside Baltimore.

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They usually made their mark by subverting whatever social, political, or artistic norms, unspoken, arbitrary rules, and limiting beliefs prevailed around them.

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The designer has, for decades, been subverting traditional British notions of dress.

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His counterpart for Labour, Lady Royall, accused him of subverting democracy.

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This is a man whose vast body of work is the direct result of absorbing untold global cultural influences and subverting them to his own ends.

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Instead of subverting our ideas about 2000 AD most well-known protagonist, this Prog seems to solidify what we already know: In a world where slabwalkers of any gender can be rented for temporary affection, Dredd ignores it all in favor of his true love, the law.

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