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mon·o·lith·ic  |  adjective

• large, powerful, and intractably indivisible and uniform: rejecting any move toward a monolithic European superstate.

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ruth·less  |  adjective

• having or showing no pity or compassion for others: a ruthless manipulator. 

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con·spir·a·cy  |  noun 

• a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful: she served five years in prison for taking part in a conspiracy to sell stolen art works. 

• the action of plotting or conspiring: they were cleared of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.​

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in·fil·tra·tion  |  noun

• the action of entering or gaining access to an organization or place surreptitiously, especially in order to acquire secret information or cause damage: the army fenced parts of the border in an effort to stop militant infiltration | cross-border infiltrations.

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sub·ver·sion  |  noun

• a systematic attempt to overthrow or undermine a government or political system by persons working secretly from within: subversions of conventional morality.

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in·tim·i·da·tion  |  noun 

• the action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated: the intimidation of witnesses and jurors.

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guer·ril·las  |  noun

• small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces: this small town fell to the guerrillas | [as modifier] : guerrilla warfare.