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suborn

C2 verb

suborn /səˈbɔːn/ nghĩa là mua chuộc, xúi giục (ai) làm điều phi pháp

Các nghĩa

  1. mua chuộc, xúi giục (ai) làm điều phi pháp

    To induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner.

    also · figuratively · transitive

  2. mua chuộc (nhân chứng) để khai man

    To induce (someone, such as a witness) to commit perjury, for example by making a false accusation or giving false evidence.

    also · figuratively · specifically · transitive

    By heauen (fond vvretch) yͧ knovvſt not vvhat thou ſpeak'ſt, / Or elſe thou art ſuborn'd againſt his honor / In hatefull practiſe: […]

    [A]n attempt to suborn a person to commit perjury, upon a reference to the judges, was unanimously holden by them to be a misdemeanor.

  3. đạt được (kết quả) bằng cách mua chuộc

    To achieve (some result; specifically, perjury) in a corrupt manner.

    transitive

    [F]or my part, I vvould as ſoon ſuborn an Evidence at an Aſſize, as a Vote at an Election.

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