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bribe
[ brahyb ]
noun
- money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.:
The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.
- anything given or serving to persuade or induce:
The children were given candy as a bribe to be good.
verb (used with object)
- to give or promise a bribe to:
They bribed the reporter to forget about what he had seen.
- to influence or corrupt by a bribe:
The judge was too honest to be bribed.
verb (used without object)
- to give a bribe; practice bribery.
bribe
/ braɪb /
verb
- to promise, offer, or give something, usually money, to (a person) to procure services or gain influence, esp illegally
noun
- a reward, such as money or favour, given or offered for this purpose
- any persuasion or lure
- a length of flawed or damaged cloth removed from the main piece
Derived Forms
- ˈbribable, adjective
- ˈbriber, noun
Other Words From
- briba·ble bribea·ble adjective
- briba·bili·ty bribea·bili·ty noun
- brib·ee noun
- briber noun
- outbribe verb (used with object) outbribed outbribing
- un·briba·ble adjective
- un·briba·bly adverb
- un·bribed adjective
- un·bribing adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of bribe1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bribe1
Example Sentences
Cocaine busts, tax cheats, and bribe-taking, born-again Christians: Welcome to the political scandals of 2014.
In a sense, she attempts to bribe the pastor, offering to make his church her home.
But at least in Moscow, a bribe or a good connection stand you a fighting chance to get what you need.
Asked if he did anything wrong, Cianci responded simply, “I was not guilty of conspiracy to take a bribe.”
“I did not have enough money to bribe the judge, so I decided to become a mercenary,” Mozhayev told a local reporter.
If you knew an honourable man was to be offered a bribe to do a dishonourable act, you would feel sure he would refuse it.
It throve because it came with the tempting bribe of Heaven in one hand, and the withering threat of Hell in the other.
Father is in a rage because I will not stay home; he offered me to-day the deed for two hundred acres as a bribe.
He tried to bribe us to let him go, and made us repeated offers until he reached a figure as high as ten thousand dollars.
He said he had sat the whole day at the Central Station watching passengers giving bribe to procure their tickets.
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