suborn
verb [ T ] law specialist uk/səˈbɔːn/ us/səˈbɔːrn/
教唆;买通,收买
to persuade someone, for example by offering them money, to commit an illegal act, especially to tell lies in a court of law
He is a liar, and he suborned perjury from her early on in this investigation. 他是个骗子,在这次调查的早期就唆使她作伪证。
Such agreements could undermine the justice system by providing an incentive to suppress evidence, or even to suborn witnesses. 这种协议可能会破坏司法系统,因为它鼓励压制证据甚至收买证人。
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- He may also have suborned perjury by urging another girlfriend to swear falsely that they were not lovers.
- The massive drug profits are used to finance operations and suborn officials.
- He apparently did try unsuccessfully to induce David's mentor to fire him, but that is a far cry from suborning perjury.
- He used his police connections and enormous sums of cash to suborn law enforcement all along the smuggling routes.