Usually means: Induce someone to commit perjury.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. suborn: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. suborn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. suborn: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. suborn: Collins English Dictionary
  5. suborn: Vocabulary.com
  6. suborn: Wordnik
  7. suborn: Wiktionary
  8. suborn: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. suborn: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. suborn: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. suborn: Dictionary.com
  12. suborn: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Suborn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Suborn: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. suborn: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. suborn: Rhymezone
  17. Suborn: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. suborn: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. suborn: Free Dictionary
  20. suborn: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. suborn: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. suborn: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. suborn: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. suborn: Legal dictionary
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

(Note: See subornation as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (also figuratively) To induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner.
verb:  (specifically, criminal law) To induce (someone, such as a witness) to commit perjury, for example by making a false accusation or giving false evidence.
verb:  To achieve (some result; specifically, perjury) in a corrupt manner.
verb:  (archaic)
verb:  To procure or provide (something) secretly and often in a dishonest manner.
verb:  To make use of (something), especially for corrupt or dishonest reasons.
verb:  (obsolete)
verb:  To aid, assist, or support (something).
verb:  To furnish or provide (something).
verb:  To substitute (a thing) for something else, especially secretly and often in a dishonest manner.

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