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Verb: suborn  su'born
  1. Induce to commit perjury or give false testimony
    "The President tried to suborn false witnesses"
     
  2. Procure (false testimony or perjury)
    "The lawyer was accused of suborning witnesses to lie under oath"
     
  3. Incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
    "He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife"

Derived forms: suborns, suborning, suborned

Type of: cause, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise [Brit], demoralize, deprave, get, have, induce, make, misdirect, pervert, procure, profane, secure, stimulate, subvert, vitiate

Encyclopedia: Suborn