To persuade someone to do something bad or illegal, especially by giving them money.
Suborn is a very serious and bad thing to do.
Examples:
He tried to suborn the witness to lie in court.
The bad man wanted to suborn the police officer.
She was suborned to steal the money.
I would never suborn anyone to do something wrong.
The evil queen suborned the knight to do her bidding.
Suborning is against the law and very bad.