suborned

Example Sentences

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Stanford’s former sailing coach pleaded guilty to conspiring with Singer, but no evidence has emerged that Singer suborned any coaches or officials at Harvard.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2023

As universities are beaten into the shapes dictated by business, so language is suborned to its ends.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2021

National policy is suborned, on some issues, to the vetoes and powers of the larger union.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2018

Try saying something like that at one of those business-sponsored conferences where bullheaded billionaires and those whom they’ve effectively suborned are telling us we need to get much tougher with our children.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2017

He suborned Kaan’s eastern neighbor, Naranjo, which attacked Mutal’s former ally, Oxwitza’.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann