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suborn
[ suh-bawrn ]
verb (used with object)
- to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime
The drug cartel suborned the local police department to turn a blind eye to their trafficking.
- Law.
- to induce (a person, especially a witness) to give false testimony.
- to obtain (false testimony) from a witness.
suborn
/ ˌsʌbɔːˈneɪʃən; səˈbɔːn; sʌˈbɔːnətɪv /
verb
- to bribe, incite, or instigate (a person) to commit a wrongful act
- criminal law to induce (a witness) to commit perjury
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Derived Forms
- subˈorner, noun
- subornation, noun
- subornative, adjective
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Other Words From
- sub·or·na·tion [suhb-awr-, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
- sub·or·na·tive [s, uh, -, bawr, -n, uh, -tiv], adjective
- sub·orner noun
- unsub·orned adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of suborn1
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Origin of suborn1
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Example Sentences
This time, the heirs of the Confederacy have learned that is more effective to suborn the government than secede.
By rejecting this last attempt to suborn a dereliction of duty, Henry saved my reputation, my honor, my life, really.
If Blondel tampered with any one, he would naturally, if he knew aught of the house, suborn Claude or Anne.
Was there no postman or postmaster whom he could suborn to intercept them for him?
Meanwhile you suborn 'unwarranted belief' by making belief a matter of reward and penalty.
But the audacious Lauzun found means to suborn a well-meaning simpleton of a priest, who married them secretly the very same day.
For this purpose, he endeavoured to suborn a poet who lived under his patronage.
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