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Thus, the original meaning of the Latin subornare is “to secretly order,” a concept snatched up by lawyers.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Thus, the original meaning of the Latin subornare is “to secretly order,” a concept snatched up by lawyers.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Thus, the original meaning of the Latin subornare is “to secretly order,” a concept snatched up by lawyers.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Thus, the original meaning of the Latin subornare is “to secretly order,” a concept snatched up by lawyers.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The Latin word that gave us "suborn" in the early part of the 16th century is "subornare," which translates literally as "to secretly furnish or equip."
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"secretly" meaning to "subornare" more commonly means "under" or "below," but it has its stealthy denotation in the etymologies of several other English words, including
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