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subornation

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The act of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury.

The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion.

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The immunity enjoyed by witnesses began also to be whittled down or interfered with by the parliament in England in 1540 with subornation of perjury and, in 1562, with perjury proper. Source: Internet

Starr then broadened his investigation beyond the Arkansas land use deal to include Lewinsky, Clinton, and others for possible perjury and subornation of perjury in the Jones case. Source: Internet

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