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Suborn

usgb/səˈbɔːrn/Volume
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Legal Wrongdoing

Suborn often relates to serious breaches of law like perjury or bribing.

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The CEO was jailed for suborning his accountant to falsify the financial reports.
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Secrecy Implied

'Suborn' implies secretive actions, making them harder to detect and prove.

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The operation was compromised when an agent was suborned to leak confidential information.
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Moral Dilemma

Using 'suborn' hints at a moral struggle for the person being convinced to do wrong.

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He was suborned into lying, despite his conscience protesting.
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