Suborn Definition

sə-bôrn
suborned, suborning, suborns
verb
To induce (a person) to commit an unlawful or evil act.
American Heritage
To get or bring about through bribery or other illegal methods.
Webster's New World
To procure (perjured testimony).
Suborn perjury.
American Heritage
To induce or instigate (another) to do something illegal, esp. to commit perjury.
Webster's New World
To cause a person to do an illegal or immoral act, especially in a secretive or underhanded fashion; to cause a person to perjure his or herself; to get perjured testimony from someone.
Webster's New World Law
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Origin of Suborn

  • Latin subōrnāre sub- secretly sub– ōrnāre to equip ar- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowed from Latin sÅ«bornāre.

    From Wiktionary

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