suborn
verb (used with object)
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime
suborns
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present tense formof suborn (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It suborns witnesses, nurses perjury, defiles the jury box, and stains the judicial ermine.
From Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs by Robert Green Ingersoll
