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subornation

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Subornation \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.

Source : WordNet®

subornation
     n 1: underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something
          improper or unlawful
     2: perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give
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