Subornation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or
        bad action, as by bribes or persuasion.
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              Foul subornation is predominant.      --Shak.
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              The sort of chicanery attending the subornation of
              managers in the Leibnitz controversy. --De Quinsey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  subornation
       n 1: underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something
            improper or unlawful
       2: perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give