suborner


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sub·orn

(sə-bôrn′)
tr.v. sub·orned, sub·orn·ing, sub·orns
1. To induce (a person) to commit an unlawful or evil act.
2. Law
a. To procure (perjured testimony): suborn perjury.
b. To induce (a person) to commit perjury.
[Latin subōrnāre : sub-, secretly; see sub- + ōrnāre, to equip; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]
sub′or·na′tion (sŭb′ôr-nā′shən) n.
sub·orn′er n.
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Noun 1. [画像:suborner - someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act]suborner - someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act
criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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Come in, you false witness, you perjurer, you suborner of evidence, come in!'
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