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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•orn /səˈbɔrn/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- Lawto lead or convince (someone) to commit a crime.
- 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 © 2024sub•orn (sə bôrn′),USA pronunciation v.t. - Lawto bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- 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;
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