English Dictionary

suborn

IPA（発音記号）

/səˈbɔːɹn/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To induce to commit an unlawful or malicious act, or to commit perjury / (transitive) To procure privately, or by collusion; to incite secretly; to instigate.

日本語の意味

違法または悪意ある行為を行うよう、誰かをそそのかすこと（特に偽証をさせるために仕向ける） / 密かにあるいは共謀して、他人に不法な行為、または偽証を行わせようと工作する

The corrupt official tried to suborn witnesses to lie during the trial.

その汚職した役人は、裁判中に証人に嘘をつかせるために買収しようとした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To induce to commit an unlawful or malicious act, or to commit perjury

Lord Chief Justice Abbott , in delivering their to suborn opinion, observed, that the judges understood that such an assumption had been made in the question put to them.

意味（2）

(transitive) To procure privately, or by collusion; to incite secretly; to instigate.

Thou art suborned against his honour.

suborns （ present singular third-person ）

suborning （ participle present ）

suborned （ participle past ）

suborned （ past ）