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Suborn

To encourage perjury through bribery, coercion, or any other means. Like perjury itself, subornation is illegal in practically every jurisdiction.
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A prosecutor who suborned perjury or withheld exculpatory evidence in order to win a case was regarded as a shameful figure and an embarrassment to the law.
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The Duchess later had to pay pounds 25,000 to her stepmother, who sued for libel, slander and conspiracy to suborn perjury.
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was charged Wednesday with two counts of conspiracy, intimidation of a witness and attempt to suborn perjury.
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of 22 Blue Bell Road, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Central District Court on charges of intimidation of a witness, attempting to suborn perjury and two counts of conspiracy.
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The question is not so much whether, legally, he is guilty of perjury, attempting to suborn witnesses, conceal evidence or abuse his position of power.
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