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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
suborn /səˈbɔːn/

▶verb bribe or otherwise induce (someone) to commit an unlawful act such as perjury.

– derivatives
subornation noun,
suborner noun.

– origin C16: from L. subornare ‘incite secretly’, from sub- ‘secretly’ + ornare ‘equip’.

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