单词 | subornation |
释义 | subornationn. 1. a. Chiefly Law. The action of procuring a person, esp. a witness, to give false evidence; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > bringing someone to one's support subornation1528 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > bribery > to secure false witness subornation1528 subornation of perjury1588 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 211/2 For fere of subornacion & false instruction of witnesse. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. E2v He hath produced this young man by sinister subornation to periure himself. 1609 T. Morton Catholike Appeale ii. xxix. 354 The subornation of counterfeit witnesses, must argue the weaknesse of the cause. 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 74 If a Witness prove a better penniworth then the Judge, Subornation shall do the business. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxxi. 277 (heading) I discover a subornation against me, by means of a quarrel between two of the evidences. 1792 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 74 A perjury as bloody as that of Oates and Bedlow;—a subornation as audacious. 1847 G. P. R. James Convict III. xi. 212 This is something like a subornation of witnesses. 1866 ‘O. Optic’ Way of World (1867) xxvi. 341 But the doctor was to retract his evidence; was virtually to confess his perjury, and his subornation of witnesses. 1915 H. H. Bancroft Mod. Fallacies 24 They employ lawyers, paid large fees from the pockets of the workingmen, and who hesitate not at subornation and perjury. 1949 S. Kingsley Detective Story ii. 68 I mean collusion. Subornation of witnesses, Counselor... I'm charging you with subornation. 1994 Scotsman (Nexis) 4 May He was charged in February with complicity in corruption and attempted subornation of witnesses. b. The action of using bribery, corruption, or similar means, to induce a person to commit a crime or misdeed; an instance of this. Also: †an underhand act (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [noun] > by bribery subornation1548 subordination1603 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > leading astray > inducing to evil action subornation1548 subordination1603 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > bribery meedc1275 corruptionc1425 bribing?c1524 suborning?1532 bribery1560 budding1640 subornation1670 palmistry1828 palm-greasing1832 boodling1886 a greasing of palms1889 sugaring1891 fix1929 pay-off1930 schmear1950 long leg1967 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xlvijv He by his crafty subornacions had persuaded diuerse..to beleue..that he was thesame verey person. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 99 Those that were compassed..by subornation at length to doe a thing against their will. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 125 By the subornation of the viceroy of Algier he was murdered in his tent by certaine Turks. 1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xlvii. sig. Mm4v Her [sc. Virtue's] counsels shall bee held so sincere, as they shall be accepted without the subornation of the nimph Egeria. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. iii. 304 Without Bribery, or Subornation, he had attain'd to the dignity of the Purple. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 510 He protested..that he knew of no subornation in all that matter. 1842 T. De Quincey Cicero in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 3/2 The sort of chicanery attending his subornation of managers in the Leibnitz controversy. 1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxvi. 291 By the hands of assassins and the treacherous subornation of his mother Eurydike. 1917 D. M. Galliher Canonical Elections 90 Many pontifical constitutions have been promulgated against those who procure the votes of electors by evil subornations. 1988 Times 13 May 17/1 He displayed none of the fleshly weaknesses which exposed his fellow traitors, Burgess and Maclean, to blackmail and subornation. c. With of indicating the crime or misdeed suborned. Chiefly Law in subornation of perjury. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > bribery > to secure false witness subornation1528 subornation of perjury1588 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. xix. f. 67 If any of them [sc. jurors] bee discredited by Law as by attainder in conspiracy..subornation of perjury, or such like. 1621 D. Calderwood Altar of Damascus iv. 113 Temerarious administration of the goods of the deceased, subornation of perjurie, falshood or forgerie committed in any Ecclesiasticall action. 1677 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery 83 For subornation of Perjury, tending to the Defamation of his Majesty. 1756 Mag. of Mag. Mar. 247/2 I look upon the subornation of murder, in the common way,..as a venial sin, in comparison of these abominable premiums. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iv. iv. §75. 729 Subornation of perjury consists in tampering with those who are to swear in judgement, by soliciting or directing them how they are to depose, without regard to truth. 1846 Law Times 11 July 324/3 He did not intend to charge Mr. Jackson with the subornation of perjury. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxx. 302 And to subornation of bigamy? How does it concern that? 1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. liv. 230 A cheap subornation of flattery. 1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 6 §8 Any offence punishable as perjury or as subornation of perjury. 1917 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 806 German intrigue, spy work, subornation of treason, instigation of sabotage and such things. 2007 D. T. Phillips Clinton Charisma xii. 164 The prosecutors threatened to charge her with up to five federal crimes (obstruction of justice, perjury, subornation of perjury, conspiracy, and witness tampering). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > [noun] > corruptly obtained statement subornation1588 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 65 Were it not a needles, or booteles labor, to make a special Analysis..of any their other colourable glosses, & hypocriticall subornations? 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews vii. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 210 The King perceived that this pretended story was a subornation derived from Joab; and was of his contrivance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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