Sub′or‐na″tion (?), n. [F. subornation.] 1. (Law) The act of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury. Blackstone.
2. The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion.
Foul subornation is predominant. Shak.
The sort of chicanery attending the subornation of managers in the Leibnitz controversy. De Quinsey.