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- DictionarySub·orn/səˈbôrn/
verb
- 1. bribe or otherwise induce (someone) to commit an unlawful act such as perjury: "he was accused of conspiring to suborn witnesses"
Definitions of 'suborn' 1. to get or bring about through bribery or other illegal methods. [...] 2. to induce or instigate (another) to do something illegal, esp. to commit perjury. [...] More. Conjugations of 'suborn' present simple: I suborn, you suborn [...] past simple: I suborned, you suborned [...] past participle: suborned. More.
See synonyms for suborn on Thesaurus.com verb (used with object) to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime The drug cartel suborned the local police department to turn a blind eye to their trafficking.
1. : to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing. 2. : to induce to commit perjury. also : to obtain (perjured testimony) from a witness. subornation. ˌsə-ˌbȯr-ˈnā-shən. noun. suborner noun. Did you know? Suborn is from Latin subornare, which translates literally as "to secretly furnish or equip."
What does the verb suborn mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb suborn, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the verb suborn? About 0.1 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.
suborn / səˈbɔːn / vb (transitive) to bribe, incite, or instigate (a person) to commit a wrongful act; to induce (a witness) to commit perjury; Etymology: 16 th Century: from Latin subornāre, from sub-secretly + ornāre to furnish subornation / ˌsʌbɔːˈneɪʃən / n subornative / sʌˈbɔːnətɪv / adj subˈorner n
suborn. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Law sub‧orn /səˈbɔːn $ -ˈbɔːrn/ verb [ transitive] law to persuade someone to tell lies in a court of law or to do something else that is illegal, especially for money an attempt to suborn a witness —subornation /ˌsʌbɔːˈneɪʃən $ -bɔːr-/ noun ...
To furnish or procure unlawfully; procure by indirect moans. To bribe or unlawfully procure to some act of wickedness—specifically, in law, to giving false testimony; induce, as a witness, to perjury. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
