Associations to the word «Suborn»
Noun
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Wiktionary
SUBORN, verb. (transitive) To induce to commit an unlawful or malicious act, or to commit perjury [16th c.]
SUBORN, verb. (transitive) To procure privately, or by collusion; to incite secretly; to instigate.
Dictionary definition
SUBORN, verb. Incite to commit a crime or an evil deed; "He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife".
SUBORN, verb. Procure (false testimony or perjury).
SUBORN, verb. Induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.