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suborn
to bribe or otherwise illegally induce a person to commit a crime
The fact that the defendant had been suborned seemed to have little effect on the jury, which took less than an hour to find him guilty.
Related English word: subornation
Latin root words: suborno, subornare, subornavi, subornatus - to furnish, supply; to incite secretly; sub (prep. w/ acc. and abl.) - under; orno, ornare, ornavi, ornatus - to furnish, supply; to decorate
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