Meaning & use
Suborn
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To persuade or bribe someone into committing an unlawful act, especially giving false testimony.
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The lawyer was accused of trying to suborn a witness into giving false testimony.
Prosecutors alleged that the executive had suborned employees to falsify company records.
A note on using this word
Most often encountered in the legal phrase 'subornation of perjury.'
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dissuade
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