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incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife - procure (false testimony or perjury)
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induce to commit perjury or give false testimony
The President tried to suborn false witnesses
How To Use suborn In A Sentence
- No being, not even one whose essence was love, would suborn her, Ellen Thomas, as a preacher in its cause. MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY
- Every step which led him to the summit of power was prefaced by what he called seeking the Lord; that is, attending sermons and prayers, by which the suborned performers of those profane and solemn farces prepared their congregations to desire what their employers had previously determined to do; thus giving an air of divine inspiration to the projects of fraud, murder, and ambition. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel
- He was charged with conspiracy to suborn witnesses.
- No being, not even one whose essence was love, would suborn her, Ellen Thomas, as a preacher in its cause. MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY
- No being, not even one whose essence was love, would suborn her, Ellen Thomas, as a preacher in its cause. MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY
- If one may judge from the experience of Bougainville, this kind of subornation would be somewhat difficult of accomplishment. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13
- Perjury, oppression, subornation, fraud, panderism, and the like infirmities, were amongst the most excusable arts they had to mention, and for these I gave, as it was reasonable, great allowance. Gulliver's Travels
- SDN: By infiltration, or subornation of associates, or just not being an unrealistic and or naive person such as yourself. The Volokh Conspiracy » Assassination, Self-Defense, and the Koh Speech
- Reno's boss, a perjurer, suborner of perjury, obstructor of justice (when is that disbarment hearing?), set the stage for government violence against Elian's relatives. Compassionate Liberalism
- This could be construed as suborning perjury, a crime.