verb
- past tense of suborn: to secretly persuade someone to commit an unlawful act, especially perjury or giving false testimony
Usage: legal
Examples
- The prosecutor alleged that the witness had been suborned by the defense team.
- He was charged with having suborned perjury in the high-profile case.
- The investigation revealed that several officials had been suborned to falsify documents.
- She claimed she was suborned into lying under oath.
- The corrupt lawyer suborned multiple witnesses to change their testimony.
- Evidence showed that the defendant had suborned key witnesses before the trial.