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subornation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Subornation \Sub`or*na"tion\, n. [F. subornation.] 1. (Law) The act of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury. --Blackstone. 2. The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action as by bribes or persuasion. Foul subornation is predominant. --Shak. The sort of chicanery attending the subornation of managers in the Leibnitz controversy. --De Quinsey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: subornation n : underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful; "subornation of perjury is a crime"
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