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He also said McGregor should be referred for "subornation of perjury", meaning inducing people to commit perjury.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

In a complaint filed by the group Lawyers Defending American Democracy on Monday, several dozen leading attorneys accused Passantino of subornation of perjury, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and bribery, all of which are crimes.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2023

Indeed, neither perjury nor subornation of perjury may in principle form the basis for a civil action.

From Forbes • Jan. 13, 2015

Just as promptly, Manhattan's District Attorney Frank Hogan called for minutes of the hearing to "determine whether there was subornation of perjury."

From Time Magazine Archive

“Andrew Ainslie, otherwise Slink Ainslie; aged thirty-five; thin, white-faced, lank-haired; no occupation; has been in trouble for reset of theft and subornation of youth; might be useful as King’s evidence.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Stevenson, Robert Louis