"white-anting" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-white-anting.ogg
Etymology: Derived from white-ant. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} white-anting (uncountable)
  1. (Australia, colloquial) The action or process of bringing down from within, undermining, sabotage. Tags: Australia, colloquial, uncountable
    Sense id: en-white-anting-en-noun-Hr2IPbzI Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35

Verb

Audio: en-au-white-anting.ogg
Etymology: Derived from white-ant. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} white-anting
  1. present participle and gerund of white-ant Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: white-ant
    Sense id: en-white-anting-en-verb-shzuk2nx
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          "ref": "1943, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, volume 179, page 965:",
          "text": "The white-anting of our economic controls by black marketing operations is another serious circumstance.",
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          "text": "You heard delegates admit that Cameron formed the white-anting organization for the purpose of undermining the A.W.U. ?",
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          "ref": "2006, Simon Illingworth, Filthy Rat: One Man's Stand Against Police Corruption and Melbourne's Gangland War, page 64:",
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          "ref": "2012, Sharyn Munro, Rich Land, Wasteland, Macmillan Australia, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "Having done all she could for Wollar, Bev had to back off from local involvement; the white-anting had succeeded ... and Wollar would collapse.",
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