Definition of Suborn. Meaning of Suborn. Synonyms of Suborn

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Definition of Suborn

Suborn
Suborn Sub*orn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suborned; p. pr. & vb. n. Suborning.] [F. suborner, L. subornare; sub under, secretly + ornare to furnish, provide, equip, adorn. See Ornament.] 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.

Meaning of Suborn from wikipedia

- law, and under the laws of some English-speaking Commonwealth nations, subornation of perjury is the crime of persuading or permitting a person to commit...
- and subornation of perjury is punishable by imprisonment of up to 7 years. Tasmania: Perjury is a crime in Tasmania. Victoria: Perjury and subornation of...
- stepdaughter, successfully sued the duchess for libel, slander, and conspiracy to suborn perjury. Beadon testified in court on behalf of the duke, presenting evidence...
- Apparently the Persians also knew that story, as Xerxes tried to use it to suborn the Argives during his invasion of Greece, but ultimately failed to do so...
- has been cheating, is eager to lie in court to win, but Fletcher cannot suborn perjury. Meanwhile, Audrey is planning to move to Boston with her fiancé...
- Arkansas in the Clinton v. Jones lawsuit, and that Lewinsky had attempted to suborn Tripp's perjury in that suit to conceal what she knew of the Clinton–Lewinsky...
- parte communications. Ethical questions are involved, since lawyers cannot suborn perjury or use false testimony. This fits with the concept of the metaphor...
- legislation re****igning Sulla's command to Marius. Sulla responded by suborning his army, marching on Rome (the city was undefended but politically outraged)...
- propaganda bureau was looked upon with genuine alarm, for fear that it might be suborned to party and personal ends. The outcry in the United States against Mr...
- the Persians themselves knew the story, as Xerxes I tried to use it to suborn the Argives during his invasion of Greece, but ultimately failed to do so...