bribe
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..
bribeable
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a word derived from
bribe.
Example Sentences
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Her truth, for that matter, was that she believed him bribeable: a belief that for his own mind as well, while they stood there, lighted up the impossible.
From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by Henry James
He liked always, where Lambert Strether was concerned, to know the worst, and what he now seemed to know was not only that he was bribeable, but that he had been effectually bribed.
From The Ambassadors by Henry James
It's open to you to be grand and proud—to wrap yourself in your majesty and ask if I suppose you bribeable.
From The Awkward Age by Henry James
It would be a beautiful plan if it succeeded, and it all came to the question of Sarah's being really bribeable.
From The Ambassadors by Henry James
