succomber

Et s'il succombait au mal, il serait puni.
If he fell into evil ways, to be punished as all men are punished.
L'une des flottes les plus puissantes du XVIème siècle succombait face à la suprématie navale anglaise.
One of the most powerful fleets of the 16th century fell to English naval supremacy.
Le WRP, dans lequel le SLL s’était liquidée en 1973, succombait de plus en plus au nationalisme et à l’opportunisme comme en témoigne son abandon du programme de la Révolution permanente.
The WRP, into which the SLL had been liquidated in 1973, increasingly succumbed to nationalism and opportunism as epitomised by its abandonment of the program of Permanent Revolution.
Des considérations logiques m'ont également empêché de soutenir la propre proposition de résolution de mon groupe, car elle succombait aussi à la tentation d'examiner une situation dans un seul État membre, les problèmes étant minimisés dans un souci d'équilibre.
Logic also prevented me from supporting our group's own motion for a resolution, as it too yielded to the temptation to deal with a situation in just one Member State, and by way of striking a balance, it sought to underrate the problems.
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