Thesaurus: suborn

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1. v. t. To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken.
2. v. t. To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate.
3. v. incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
4. v. procure (false testimony or perjury)
5. v. induce to commit perjury or give false testimony
6. 1. (Law) To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken. Sir W. O. Russell. 2. To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate. Thou art suborned against his honor. Shak. Those who by despair suborn their death. Dryden.
7. To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury,such oath being actually taken. Sir W. O. Russell.
8. v:100 v. incite to commit a crime or an evil deed v. procure (false testimony or perjury) v. induce to commit perjury or give false testimony