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Illegally induce son, delivered by hairpin? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

suborn

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'illegally induce' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'son delivered by hairpin?' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'delivered' becomes 'born' (as in a baby being delivered).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'hairpin?' becomes 'U' (as in a U-shaped hairpin).
'born' after 'u' is 'uborn'.
's'+'uborn'='SUBORN'

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(Other definitions for suborn that I've seen before include "Induce by bribery to do something wrong" , "Induce to commit unlawful act through bribary" , "Bribe (someone) to commit an unlawful act" , "Corrupt" , "Bribe (someone) to commit perjury" .)

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