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... ergo abolendo rumori Nero subdidit reos et quaesitissimis poenis...

From Lewis & Short, citing this passage: In partic., to put something spurious in the place of another person or thing; to substitute falsely; to forge, counterfeit, make up (not in Cic.; “syn. substituo):... “abolendo rumori Nero subdidit reos,” Tac. A. 15, 44: