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单词 suborn
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sub•orn /səˈbɔrn/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object]
  1. Lawto lead or convince (someone) to commit a crime.
  2. Lawto lead or convince (a person, esp. a witness) to give false testimony.
sub•or•na•tion /ˌsʌbɔrˈneɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sub•orn  (sə bôrn),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. Lawto bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
  2. Law
    • to induce (a person, esp. a witness) to give false testimony.
    • to obtain (false testimony) from a witness.
  • Latin subornāre to instigate secretly, origin, originally, to supply, equivalent. to sub- sub- + ornāre to equip; see adorn
  • 1525–35;
sub•or•na•tion  (sub′ôr nāshən),USA pronunciation n.  sub•or•na•tive  (sə bôrnə tiv),USA pronunciation adj.  sub•orner, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
suborn /səˈbɔːn/ vb (transitive)
  1. to bribe, incite, or instigate (a person) to commit a wrongful act
  2. to induce (a witness) to commit perjury
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin subornāre, from sub- secretly + ornāre to furnish

subornation /ˌsʌbɔːˈneɪʃən/ n subornative /sʌˈbɔːnətɪv/ adj subˈorner n
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