suborn (v.) Old form(s): subborn'd , suborn'd , suborne
bribe, corrupt, persuade [someone] to commit perjury
1H6 V.iv.21[Pucelle to all, of the Shepherd] You have suborned this man / Of purpose to obscure my noble birth
2H4 IV.i.90[Westmorland to Archbishop] What peer hath been suborned to grate on you
2H6 III.i.180[Suffolk to all, of Gloucester's attack on the Queen] As if she had suborned some to swear / False allegations
CE IV.iv.80[Antipholus of Ephesus to Adriana] Thou hast suborned the goldsmith to arrest me
Mac II.iv.24.2[Macduff to Ross, of the King's attendants] They were suborned
MM V.i.106[Duke to Isabella, of Angelo] thou art suborned against his honour / In hateful practice
MM V.i.304[Escalus to disguised Duke, of Isabella and Mariana] thou hast suborned these women
Oth III.iv.149[Desdemona to Emilia] I find I had suborned the witness
R3 IV.iii.4[Tyrrel alone, of killing the Princes] Dighton and Forrest, whom I did suborn ... / Wept like to children
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