synonym to spread

[Over the top]

Hello
Is there a verb that means something spreads in a society but in a negative way, for example a bad ideology.
Can I say
something helped this ideology prevail in society.

Thanks

 

[Raymott]

Hello
Is there a verb that means something spreads in a society but in a negative way, for example a bad ideology.
Can I say
something helped this ideology prevail in society.

Thanks

Poverty can facilitate the infiltration of communism in a society.
Greed can encourage excesses of capitalism to permeate society.

 

[TheParser]

Hello
Is there a verb that means something spreads in a society but in a negative way, for example a bad ideology.
Can I say
something helped this ideology prevail in society.

Thanks

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

Good morning, Over the Top.

(1) As you know, a thesaurus is a special dictionary of synonyms.

(2) I checked for "negative" verbs and found these:

Something helped this ideology to _____ our society.

contaminate

pollute

corrupt

defile

infect

taint

Something helped this ideology to insinuate itself into our society.

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