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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.
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2. The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or
bad action, as by bribes or persuasion.
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Foul subornation is predominant. --Shak.
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The sort of chicanery attending the subornation of
managers in the Leibnitz controversy. --De Quinsey.
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