Wordnet 3.0
VERB (3)
1.
incite to commit a crime or an evil deed;
- Example: "He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife"2.
procure (false testimony or perjury);
3.
induce to commit perjury or give false testimony;
- Example: "The President tried to suborn false witnesses"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by
indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate.
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Thou art suborned against his honor. --Shak.
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Those who by despair suborn their death. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
suborn
v 1: incite to commit a crime or an evil deed; "He suborned his
butler to cover up the murder of his wife"
2: procure (false testimony or perjury)
3: induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The
President tried to suborn false witnesses"