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Suborn is an English word with synonyms like corrupt or induce. Below you'll find 1 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Suborn in a sentence

Related words

Suborn | Subornation | Suborning

Suborn meaning

  1. To induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner.
  2. To induce (someone, such as a witness) to commit perjury, for example by making a false accusation or giving false evidence.

Synonyms of Suborn

corrupt induce secure procure misdirect deprave vitiate profane debase debauch demoralise demoralize subvert pervert stimulate

Related words

Other words often associated with Suborn or its synonyms:

modify change alter have cause depress get devalue revel effectuate degenerate supply

Using Suborn

  • The main meaning on this page is: To induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner. | To induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner. | To induce (someone, such as a witness) to commit perjury, for example by making a false accusation or giving false evidence.
  • Useful related words include: corrupt, induce, secure, procure.

Context around Suborn

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 13 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 1 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Suborn

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

depart to suborn the customs 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the women depart 1×

Common sentence endings:

watching the locality 1×

Words around Suborn

Just before it in the word index:

subordination 54 subordinating 11 subordinates 150 subordinated 53 subordinate 349 suborders 12

Just after it in the word index:

subornation 3 suborning 3 subotai 2 subotiv 4 suboxone 18 subpanel 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Suborn

  • In this selection, "suborn" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 13 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include depart to suborn the customs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "suborn" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with suborn

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The women depart to suborn the customs officers who are watching the locality. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

The women depart to suborn the customs officers who are watching the locality. (13 words)

Example sentences (1)

The women depart to suborn the customs officers who are watching the locality.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "suborn" in a sentence?
An example: "The women depart to suborn the customs officers who are watching the locality." This page contains 1 example sentence with the word "suborn" from authentic English texts.
What does "suborn" mean?
Suborn means: To induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner.
What are synonyms of "suborn"?
Common synonyms of "suborn" include: corrupt, induce, secure, procure, misdirect, deprave, vitiate, profane. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "suborn" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 1 example sentence with "suborn", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.