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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sub·orn /səˈbɔrn/
 (vt.)使作偽誓,唆使,慫恿,收買

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sub·orn v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suborned p. pr. & vb. n. Suborning.]
 1. Law To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken.
 2. To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate.
    Thou art suborned against his honor.   --Shak.
    Those who by despair suborn their death.   --Dryden.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 suborn
      v 1: incite to commit a crime or an evil deed; "He suborned his
           butler to cover up the murder of his wife"
      2: procure (false testimony or perjury)
      3: induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The
         President tried to suborn false witnesses"