1. people who seek to undermine or overthrow an established system or institution
Usage: plural form of subversive

Examples

• The government arrested several suspected subversives during the protest.
• Political subversives operated in secret to avoid detection.
• The regime viewed journalists as dangerous subversives.
• Underground networks of subversives spread anti-government propaganda.
• Many intellectuals were labeled as subversives during the authoritarian period.
• The police monitored known subversives in the city.