suborn

verb8

1. •
   To induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner.

   • Till thou to spit the venome of thy spite, / Subornedst Cupid how he soone might slay me, / Abandoning his bowe and arrowes quite, / You laid his priuie complot to betray me; […] — 1600
2. •
   To induce (someone, such as a witness) to commit perjury, for example by making a false accusation or giving false evidence.

   • By heauen (fond vvretch) yͧ knovvst not vvhat thou speak'st, / Or else thou art suborn'd against his honor / In hatefull practise: […] — 1603
3. •
   To achieve (some result; specifically, perjury) in a corrupt manner.

   • [U]pon single Perjuries suborned by themselves they condemned Men unheard, and sold their Estates vvithout suffering them to speak for themselves— […] — 1659
4. •
   (no longer used) To procure or provide (something) secretly and often in a dishonest manner.

   • In a golden bowl / She then suborn'd a potion, in her soul / Deform'd things thinking; for amidst the wine / She mix'd her man-transforming medicine; […] — 1614
5. •
   (no longer used) To furnish or provide (something).
6. •
   (no longer used) To make use of (something), especially for corrupt or dishonest reasons.

   • Nor is he onely content to suborne Divine Justice in his censure of vvhat is past, but he assumes the person of Christ himself to prognosticate over us vvhat he vvishes vvould come. — 1649
7. •
   (no longer used) To substitute (a thing) for something else, especially secretly and often in a dishonest manner.
8. •
   (no longer used) To aid, assist, or support (something).