| Pronunciation: | | `subowr'neyshun
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- [n] perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give
- [n] underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful
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SUBORNATION is a 11 letter word that starts with S. |
| | See Also: | | incitement, provocation, subornation of perjury, testimony |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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