suborn
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife
Types & categories
- debauch hypernym
Related & opposite
- subornation derivation
- briber derivation
Sense 2 verb
procure (false testimony or perjury)
Types & categories
- secure hypernym
Related & opposite
- subornation derivation
- suborn verb group
Sense 3 verb
induce to commit perjury or give false testimony
The President tried to suborn false witnesses
Types & categories
- cause hypernym
Related & opposite
- perjure causes
- subornation derivation
- suborn verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | subornation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | briber |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | debauch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | subornation |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | suborn |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | secure |
| 3 | causes | Related & opposite | perjure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | subornation |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | suborn |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cause |