sobornar
/soboɾˈnaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to bribe
💰🤫 so-BORN-ar: a bribe makes you so 'borne' away by cash
Sounds like 'so borne': the bribed official is carried off (borne) from honesty by money. Latin subornare means to equip secretly (sub = under + ornare = equip), so a bribe is an under-the-table payment.