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- pronunciation:
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born
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
suborns, suborning, suborned |
| definition 1: |
to induce (someone) to commit a crime or other corrupt deed.
He suborned his girlfriend to provide a false alibi for him. |
| definition 2: |
to induce (a witness) to commit perjury in a legal proceeding.
It seems that the lawyer attempted to suborn the witness. |
| related words: |
bribe, corrupt, graft |
| derivations: |
subornative (adj.), subornation (n.), suborner (n.) |
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