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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Suborn

· Sub·orn · IPA /səˈbɔːn/
01 v. t. To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken.
imp. & p. p. Suborned; p. pr. & vb. n. Suborning
  1. 1.
    To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken.(Law)
  2. 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.