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Extortion vs Suborn - What's the difference?

extortion | suborn |

As a noun extortion

is the practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

As a verb suborn is

to induce to commit an unlawful or malicious act, or to commit perjury.

extortion

English

Noun

(wikipedia extortion) (en noun)
  • The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.
  • Synonyms

    * blackmail

    suborn

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To induce to commit an unlawful or malicious act, or to commit perjury
  • To procure privately, or by collusion; to incite secretly; to instigate.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Thou art suborned against his honour.
  • * Dryden
  • Those who by despair suborn their death.

    Derived terms

    * subornation * subornative * suborner