Definition of "white-ant" [white-ant]

• To bring down from within; to undermine. (verb)

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• "They came to a stick, which, being inclosed in a white-ant gallery, I knew contained numbers of this insect; but I was surprised to see the black soldiers passing without touching it."
• "Along tracks where the spears are readily available there are few white-ant nests untormented by two or three."
• "The ANC is now stronger than at any time when S'fiso Nkabinde was infiltrated into our ranks with the sole aim to white-ant the ANC from within."