white-anting

noun

The action or process of bringing down from within, undermining, sabotage.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of white-ant
nounwhite-anting (uncountable)
  1. AustraliacolloquialuncountableThe action or process of bringing down from within, undermining, sabotage.

    I didn′t complain, just worked harder despite the white-anting that went on under the surface.

    2006, Simon Illingworth, Filthy Rat: One Man's Stand Against Police Corruption and Melbourne's Gangland War, page 64
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    The white-anting of our economic controls by black marketing operations is another serious circumstance.

    1943, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, volume 179, page 965

    You heard delegates admit that Cameron formed the white-anting organization for the purpose of undermining the A.W.U. ?

    1965, The Federal Law Reports, volume 8, page 237

    Having done all she could for Wollar, Bev had to back off from local involvement; the white-anting had succeeded ... and Wollar would collapse.

    2012, Sharyn Munro, Rich Land, Wasteland, Macmillan Australia, unnumbered page

Origin

Derived from white-ant.

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