suborn in a sentence
v. t.
📚 Grade Level: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Definition
To suborn means to secretly persuade someone, often through bribery or coercion, to commit an unlawful act or to change their testimony.
Crossword clues for suborn
Crossword clue ideas and answer hints for the word "suborn".
- To secretly persuade someone to do wrong.
- To bribe someone into wrongdoing.
- To influence someone to change their story.
- To coax someone into illegal activity.
- To corruptly persuade someone to act unlawfully.
Suborn sentence examples
- The detective suspected that someone had tried to suborn the witness into changing their testimony.
- In a shocking turn of events, it was revealed that the politician had attempted to suborn a journalist to suppress a damaging story.
- The lawyer was disbarred after it was proven that he had tried to suborn a client to lie under oath.
- Suborning an official can lead to severe legal consequences, including charges of conspiracy.
- Despite their denials, the evidence suggested that they were involved in efforts to suborn key witnesses in the case.