suborn
verb (used with object)
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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Or the KGB will suborn the dissidents, compelling them to pass on incriminating material or encourage incriminating activity -- as probably happened in the Daniloff case.
From Time Magazine Archive
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