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suborn

VERB
  1. incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
    He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife
  2. procure (false testimony or perjury)
  3. 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.
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