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Suborn - What does it mean?

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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

    Anagrams

    * * English transitive verbs

    Not English

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