Subornation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Subornation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Subornation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subornation n underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subornation \Sub`orna"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.