suborn
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "rhotic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /səˈbɔːɹn/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "non-rhotic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /səˈbɔːn/
Verb
suborn (third-person singular simple present suborns, present participle suborning, simple past and past participle suborned)
- (transitive) To induce to commit an unlawful or malicious act, or to commit perjury [from 16th c.]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir W. O. Russell to this entry?)
- (transitive) To procure privately, or by collusion; to incite secretly; to instigate.
- William Shakespeare
- Thou art suborned against his honour.
- John Dryden
- Those who by despair suborn their death.
- 1981, Donald Kagan, The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition:
- The informer Diocleides was hailed as savior of the city, crowned with a wreath, and taken in honor to the Prytaneum where he dined at public expense. In their excitement and gratitude the Athenians noted neither his attempt to suborn a bribe nor his delay in seeking public safety.
- William Shakespeare