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suborn definition

sub·orn (sə bôrn)

transitive verb

  1. to get or bring about through bribery or other illegal methods
  2. to induce or instigate (another) to do something illegal, esp. to commit perjury

Etymology: L subornare, to furnish or supply, instigate, incite secretly < sub-, under + ornare, to furnish, adorn: see ornament

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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