suborn
Example Sentences
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Mr. Ahamed, an unapologetic silver man, goes so far in his advocacy of remedial government action as to suborn the long-departed author of “Lombard Street,” published in 1873, to bear false witness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
"It is absolutely an adversary in some areas, which tries to steal our intellectual property, or suborn our citizens," says Lord Ricketts.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025
“While government agents are permitted to coach cooperating witnesses during the course of an investigation,” he said in an order, “they are not permitted to suborn the commission of a crime.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2020
He’s so important that people even pour their efforts into trying to corrupt or suborn him.
From The Verge • Feb. 4, 2019
The realonus imposed on Lord John's party is, where to look for, and how to suborn, some new idol and some fresh idolatry.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing suborn
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act II
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Oedipus the King
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