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SUBORN

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Induce to commit perjury or give false testimony

Example:

The President tried to suborn false witnesses

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "suborn" is one way to...):

cause; get; have; induce; make; stimulate (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner)

Cause:

perjure (knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury)

Verb group:

suborn (procure (false testimony or perjury))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

subornation (perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Procure (false testimony or perjury)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "suborn" is one way to...):

procure; secure (get by special effort)

Verb group:

suborn (induce to commit perjury or give false testimony)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

subornation (perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Incite to commit a crime or an evil deed

Example:

He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "suborn" is one way to...):

corrupt; debase; debauch; demoralise; demoralize; deprave; misdirect; pervert; profane; subvert; vitiate (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

subornation (underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful)

suborner (someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act)

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