• vt. 唆使；收買；使作偽證

sub-,在下，-orn,安排，裝飾，詞源同 order,adorn.即私下安排好的，引申詞義收買，買通。

suborn

suborn: see ornament

suborn (v.)

"to procure unlawfully, to bribe to accomplish a wicked purpose, especially to induce a witness to perjury, "to lure (someone) to commit a crime," 1530s, from Middle French suborner "seduce, instigate, bribe" (13c.) and directly from Latin subornare "employ as a secret agent, incite secretly," originally "equip, fit out, furnish," from sub "under, secretly" (see sub-) + ornare "equip," related to ordo "order" (see order (n.)). Related: Suborned; suborning.

1. to suborn a witness

收買證人

來自《權威詞典》

2. He was charged with conspiracy to suborn witnesses.

他被指控陰謀收買證人作偽證.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The president tried to suborn false witnesses.

總統試圖收買虛假證人.

來自互聯網

4. Drug traders may try to suborn departing persons.

毒品商有可能試著唆使出國者.

來自互聯網

5. The siloviki have shown they can squash opposition, suborn the courts and stay in charge.

“西羅維基”集團表明了他們能夠壓制反對意見, 收買法庭和掌控一切.

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