noun
Meaning 1
The act of suborning
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
subornation
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noun
Meaning 2
The procuring of someone to do a criminal act, especially to commit perjury
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: testimony
noun
Meaning 4
underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: provocation, incitement
Narrower terms: subornation of perjury
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English suborn Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English subornation From suborn + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Russian: подстрека́тельство (podstrekátelʹstvo) — act of suborning