suborn
‘to procure unlawfully, to bribe to accomplish a wicked purpose’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. subborne, subourne, suborne < F. suborner ‘seduce, instigate, bribe’ < Lat. subornare ‘employ as a secret agent, incite secretly’ < sub ‘under; secretly’ + ornare ‘equip,’ related to ordo ‘row, rank, series, arrangement’ < Proto-Ital. ordn ‘row, order’ < awn < ar- < Tamil ār