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6-letter words (2 found)

BOURNS,SUBORN,

5-letter words (6 found)

BONUS,BOSUN,BOUNS,BOURN,BURNS,URSON,

4-letter words (26 found)

BORN,BORS,BOUN,BROS,BRUS,BUNS,BURN,BURS,NOBS,NOUS,NUBS,NURS,ONUS,ORBS,OURN,OURS,ROBS,RUBS,RUNS,SNOB,SNUB,SORB,SORN,SOUR,URBS,URNS,

3-letter words (32 found)

BON,BOR,BOS,BRO,BRU,BUN,BUR,BUS,NOB,NOR,NOS,NUB,NUR,NUS,OBS,ONS,ORB,ORS,OUR,OUS,ROB,RUB,RUN,SOB,SON,SOU,SUB,SUN,SUR,UNS,URB,URN,

2-letter words (12 found)

BO,NO,NU,OB,ON,OR,OS,OU,SO,UN,UR,US,

You can make 78 words from suborn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of suborn

suborn

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman suburner, subhorner, and Middle French suborner, subourner (“to induce (someone) to commit a crime (specifically perjury) or wrongdoing”) (modern French suborner (“to suborn; to bribe”)), and from its etymon Latin subōrnāre, the present active infinitive of subōrnō (“to incite, instigate, suborn; to instruct one for a secret purpose; to adorn, dress; to equip, furnish, provide; to make one appear as (something)”), from sub- (prefix meaning ‘under’) + ōrnō (“to equip, furnish, provide; to adorn, decorate, ornament”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to put together, fit; to fix; to slot”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, non-rhotic) IPA(key): /səˈbɔːn/
  • (General American, rhotic) IPA(key): /səˈboɹn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
  • Hyphenation: sub‧orn

Verb

suborn (third-person singular simple present suborns, present participle suborning, simple past and past participle suborned) (transitive)

  1. (also figuratively) To induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner. [from early 16th c.]
    1. (specifically, criminal law) To induce (someone, such as a witness) to commit perjury, for example by making a false accusation or giving false evidence.
  2. To achieve (some result; specifically, perjury) in a corrupt manner.
  3. (archaic)
    1. To procure or provide (something) secretly and often in a dishonest manner.
    2. To make use of (something), especially for corrupt or dishonest reasons.
  4. (obsolete)
    1. To aid, assist, or support (something).
    2. To furnish or provide (something).
    3. To substitute (a thing) for something else, especially secretly and often in a dishonest manner.

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Further reading

  • subornation of perjury on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Bourns, Brouns, Burson, bourns, burons

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from subornar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [suˈβorn]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [suˈborn]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [suˈboɾn]

Noun

suborn m (plural suborns)

  1. bribery
  2. bribe

Further reading

  • “suborn” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “suborn”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “suborn” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “suborn” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Source: wiktionary.org