Dissuade
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In criminal law. To Induce a person not to do an act. able offense at common law. Hawk. P. C. bk.
1, c. 21, § 15.
The mere attempt to stifle evidence is also criminal, although the persuasion should not succeed, on the general principle that an incitement to commit a crime is in itself criminal.
1 Russ. Crimes, 44; 2 East, 5, 21; 6 East, 464; 2 Strange, 904; 2 Leach, C. C. 925.