suborn

VERB
  1. incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
    He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife
  2. procure (false testimony or perjury)
  3. induce to commit perjury or give false testimony
    The President tried to suborn false witnesses
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How To Use suborn In A Sentence

  • He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife
  • So can I. You didn't suborn perjury because I didn't testify in my own defense. ROUGH JUSTICE
  • He has a long history of accusation of unethical acts from suborning perjury to driving under the influence of marijuana.
  • It seems to me that we would be looking at the possibility of perjury (Freshwater) and/or subornation of perjury (Hamilton). Freshwater: Verrrry interesting - The Panda's Thumb
  • But two thirds of the American people say that, if indeed the President of the United States committed perjury, subornation of perjury, tampering with witnesses, and committed a series of sexual indiscretions that it should make no difference because the country is doing so well. Geneva College Commencement Address
  • And that's obstruction of justice, that's suborning perjury, and that's our case in California.
  • Yet today, the Post reported that this kind of subornation of false statements was a standard operating procedure for Hillary (as well as Bill). Quote Of The Day
  • Among other things, they were to suborn Irish soldiers in the British army, spike the weapons and artillery of those troops who remained loyal, and seize or destroy military installations.
  • When a man was accused of being a "corrupter," two witnesses were suborned who were concealed behind a partition. The Life of Jesus
  • Alas, the wild youth, morally suborned by the coarseness of his adventures in America, abandons the innocent Ruth.
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