'Subornation' definitions:
Definition of 'subornation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful
noun
Perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give
Definition of 'Subornation'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion. [1913 Webster]
- Foul subornation is predominant. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The sort of chicanery attending the subornation of managers in the Leibnitz controversy. --De Quinsey. [1913 Webster]