suborn

tr.v., -orned, -orn·ing, -orns.

1. To induce (a person) to commit an unlawful or evil act.
2. Law.
   1. To induce (a person) to commit perjury.
   2. To procure (perjured testimony).

[Latin subōrnāre : sub-, secretly; see sub- + ōrnāre, to equip.]

subornation sub'or·na'tion (sŭb'ôr-nā'shən) n.
suborner sub·orn'er n.

(sub-ORN-uhr)

noun
One who suborns i.e. induces another to perform an unlawful act secretly or give false testimony.

Etymology
From Latin subornare, from sub- (secretly) + ornare (to equip). Other words that derive from the same root (ornare): adorn, ornate.

Usage
"I am not in the least provoked at the Sight of a Lawyer, a Pick-pocket, a Colonel, a Fool, a Lord, a Gamester, a Politician, a Whore-Master, a Physician, an Evidence, a Suborner, an Attorney, a Traitor, or the like: This is all according to the due Course of Things." — Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (Part IV. A Voyage to the Country of The Houyhnhnms), 1726.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: incite to commit a crime or an evil deed

Meaning #2: procure (false testimony or perjury)

Meaning #3: induce to commit perjury or give false testimony

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forlede, bestikke, underkøbe

Nederlands (Dutch)
omkopen, aanzetten tot iets onwettigs

Français (French)
v. tr. - suborner

Deutsch (German)
v. - bestechen, anstiften

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - δεκάζω, διαφθείρω

Italiano (Italian)
corrompere, subornare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - subornar

Русский (Russian)
давать взятку, подстрекать к совершению преступления, подкупать свидетеля

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - sobornar, corromper, cohechar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - besticka, muta, tubba till mened (jur.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使作伪誓, 怂恿, 唆使

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使作偽誓, 慫恿, 唆使

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 허위 맹세 시키다, 매수하다, 뇌물을 받게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 偽証させる, 買収する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أغرى (شاهدا) ليحلف كاذبا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮דחף, בעיקר באמצעות שוחד, לדבר-עבירה‬

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