Thesaurus / suborn
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If Blondel tampered with any one, he would naturally, if he knew aught of the house, suborn Claude or Anne.
THE LONG NIGHTSTANLEY WEYMANWas there no postman or postmaster whom he could suborn to intercept them for him?
DENIS DENTERNEST W. HORNUNGMeanwhile you suborn 'unwarranted belief' by making belief a matter of reward and penalty.
THE ENGLISH UTILITARIANS, VOLUME II (OF 3)LESLIE STEPHENBut the audacious Lauzun found means to suborn a well-meaning simpleton of a priest, who married them secretly the very same day.
THE MEMOIRS OF MADAME DE MONTESPAN, COMPLETEMADAME LA MARQUISE DE MONTESPANFor this purpose, he endeavoured to suborn a poet who lived under his patronage.
THE MIRROR OF TASTE, AND DRAMATIC CENSORVARIOUSShall I shoot the dog below who dares to attempt to suborn our men?
JONES OF THE 64THF. S. (FREDERICK SADLEIR) BRERETONThey suborn their reason to declare in favour of their necessity.
SELECTIONS FROM THE SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF EDMUND BURKEEDMUND BURKEThey endeavored even to debauch our pity, and to suborn it in favor of cruelty.
THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE, VOL. VI. (OF 12)EDMUND BURKEThe single sentry he could suborn, or else—if bribery failed—poniard.
LOVE-AT-ARMSRAPHAEL SABATINIBut to sit silent now is to suborn The common villainy you scorn.
THE UNKNOWN EROSCOVENTRY PATMOREWORDS RELATED TO SUBORN
- abase
- abuse
- adulterate
- animalize
- bastardize
- blemish
- blight
- bribe
- contaminate
- damage
- debase
- debauch
- decay
- decompose
- deface
- defile
- deform
- degrade
- demean
- demoralize
- deprave
- depreciate
- despoil
- disfigure
- disgrace
- dishonor
- fix
- grease palm
- harm
- hurt
- ill-treat
- impair
- infect
- injure
- lower
- lure
- maltreat
- mar
- mistreat
- misuse
- outrage
- pull down
- putrefy
- ravage
- reduce
- rot
- ruin
- spoil
- square
- stain
- suborn
- subvert
- taint
- undermine
- violate
- vitiate
- warp
- waste
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.