Meaning & use
Suborned
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Induced someone to commit an unlawful act, especially to persuade a witness to give false testimony.
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The businessman was charged with having suborned a key witness to lie under oath.
Prosecutors alleged the official suborned perjury to cover up the fraud.
A note on using this word
"Suborn" derives from Latin "subornare" ("to secretly equip or incite"), and in modern usage it appears almost exclusively in legal contexts involving perjury or bribery.
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