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1. In The Godfather, the mobsters used bribery and threats to suborn the witnesses against Don Michael.

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 Meanings and Examples of SUBORN
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suborn
 v.  persuade to act unlawfully, especially to commit perjury
Classic Sentence:
1  Perjury, oppression, subornation, fraud, pandarism, and the like infirmities, were among the most excusable arts they had to mention; and for these I gave, as it was reasonable, great allowance.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER VIII.
Example Sentence:
1  In The Godfather, the mobsters used bribery and threats to suborn the witnesses against Don Michael.