Poor countries and their champions perennially complain that globalisation underminesdemocracy.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
If big corporations fail to pay tax and leave it to small and medium enterprises and middle-income groups, it will underminedemocracy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Allowing wealthy individuals or groups to lobby our leading politicians by waving a chequebook underminesdemocracy.
The Sun (2012)
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Definition of 'undermine'
undermine
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verb
If you undermine something such as a feeling or a system, you make it less strong or less secure thanit was before, often by a gradual process or by repeated efforts.