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单词 suborning
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suborningn.

Brit. /səˈbɔːnɪŋ/, U.S. /səˈbɔrnɪŋ/
Forms: see suborn v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: suborn v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < suborn v. (although this is first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix1. Compare slightly earlier subornation n.
The action of suborn v.; an instance of this.
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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
?1532 Glasse of Truthe sig. F4 They..can not be well taken in indifferent eares, but estemed to procede of to moche lyghtnes, or of subornynge.
1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 2nd Pt. ii. iv. sig. Ii Against Vsurie, brybrie, and barrating, Suborning, extorcion, and boulstring.
1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd vii. 86 By suborning of false witnesses, and cruell torments, they inforced her to confesse that, which in realitie of truth was not.
1682 E. Hickeringill Scandalum Magnatum 33 His Quirks, and Shams, and Subornings, and Tricks.
1714 J. Oldmixon Detection of Sophistry 26 What a Stir was there made, what Advertisements, and what suborning of Evidence?
1794 T. Dwight Greenfield Hill vi. 145 What frauds, subornings, tamperings rise!
1812 Philanthropist 2 vi. 119 The different degrees of accessariness, or of suborning, would, in a good code, be clearly distinguished.
1883 Times 24 Aug. 5/3 The suborning of witnesses in this way was calculated to breed perjurers.
1910 Northeastern Reporter 89 1092/1 The attempt to suborn must precede the actual consummation of the crime of suborning.
1994 Denver Post 2 Jan. e3/4 The suborning of your best minds who might otherwise have created something humane or useful.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

suborningadj.

Brit. /səˈbɔːnɪŋ/, U.S. /səˈbɔrnɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: suborn v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < suborn v. + -ing suffix2.
That suborns a person or thing. Also figurative.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [adjective] > of nature of bribe > bribing
bribing1570
suborning1588
petit-bribing1634
palm-tickling1809
1588 A. Munday tr. Palmerin D'Oliua i. lx. sig. X7v These suborning and spightfull detractions..seemed to her as sweete and freendlye perswasions.
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. N2v Other superuising espialls, to plye followe and spurre forwarde those suborning incensers.
1661 S. Holland Panegyrick Coronation Charles II 2 What most men toyl to find, and finding hold, You scorn the treasures of suborning gold.
1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 72 The bribed Soldiers, and suborning Scribes, who by false Reports endeavoured to..destroy the Credit of that Resurrection.
1708 T. Baker Fine Lady's Airs ii. 17 There are of our Club, Four Broken-Officers, Six Suborning-Attorneys, a Disaffected-Cobler, Two Highway-Men, and Eleven Jacobite, Outlaw'd-Parsons.
1855 tr. L. Saint-Ybars Virginia iv. v. 36 The palace of a suborning tyrant.
1868 H. C. Dean Crimes of Civil War i. xv. 148 Among all the suborning Ashleys, there was none to procure witnesses for the purpose.
1910 Northeastern Reporter 89 1091/1 The power to prosecute the suborning person for any crime whatever.
1965 A. Wright Henry Fielding (1966) ii. 102 The man..is Dowling, the suborning lawyer.
1999 C. A. Ruud & S. A. Stepanov tr. in Fontanka 16 iv. 67 Each of his words was redolent of a suborning gentleness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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