suborn
verb (used with object)
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime
subornation
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a word derived from
suborn.
Example Sentences
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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
But when an indictment against him for subornation of perjury in connection with the Cohen case was handed down, William Johnson disappeared.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had the misfortune to differ from Laud on the Church Question of the day, and was prosecuted before the Star Chamber for subornation of perjury, and heavily fined.
From The Charm of Oxford by J. (Joseph) Wells
