suborner

/sʌ'bɔ:nə/

Thân thiện

A lawyer refused the suborner's offer of money.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who induces or incites another to commit an unlawful act, especially by bribery or persuasion: A suborner is someone who deliberately encourages, pays, or otherwise influences another person to perform a wrongful or illegal act, often in a secretive or corrupt manner.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The investigation revealed that the witness had been bribed; they are now searching for the suborner.
  • In the classic play, the villain is a suborner who convinces a servant to betray his master.

Advanced Usage

• Legal Context: In legal terminology, a "suborner" is specifically associated with the crime of subornation, such as subornation of perjury (inducing someone to lie under oath).
  • The lawyer was disbarred for acting as a suborner, having paid a witness to give false testimony.

Variants and Related Words

• Suborn (verb): To induce someone to commit an unlawful act, especially perjury.
  • He attempted to suborn the juror.
• Subornation (noun): The act of suborning.
  • The charge was subornation of perjury.

Synonyms

• Instigator: A person who brings about or initiates an action, often a bad one.
• Incitement agent: A person who urges or persuades others to act, typically unlawfully.
• Briber: A person who offers a bribe (this is a specific type of suborner).

Related Phrases and Idioms

• To suborn perjury: A specific legal phrase meaning to persuade someone to lie under oath.
  • The official was accused of conspiring to suborn perjury.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act

Từ đồng nghĩa

• briber