white-anting
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The action or process of bringing down from within, undermining, sabotage.
Australian usage; Colloquial; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The white-anting of our economic controls by black marketing operations is another serious circumstance."
- "You heard delegates admit that Cameron formed the white-anting organization for the purpose of undermining the A.W.U. ?"
- "I didn′t complain, just worked harder despite the white-anting that went on under the surface."
- "Having done all she could for Wollar, Bev had to back off from local involvement; the white-anting had succeeded ... and Wollar would collapse."