suborn

🇺🇸 /səˈbɔːrn/ 🇬🇧 /səˈbɔːn/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to secretly make someone do something wrong or illegal

He tried to suborn a friend into lying for him in court.

translation

v. to secretly make someone do something wrong or illegal

Word Forms

3rd Present suborns
Past suborned
Perfect suborned
Progressive suborning