suborned
Example Sentences
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Stanford’s former sailing coach pleaded guilty to conspiring with Singer, but no evidence has emerged that Singer suborned any coaches or officials at Harvard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
As universities are beaten into the shapes dictated by business, so language is suborned to its ends.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2021
National policy is suborned, on some issues, to the vetoes and powers of the larger union.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2018
Try saying something like that at one of those business-sponsored conferences where bullheaded billionaires and those whom they’ve effectively suborned are telling us we need to get much tougher with our children.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2017
He suborned Kaan’s eastern neighbor, Naranjo, which attacked Mutal’s former ally, Oxwitza’.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
