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..
briber
-
a word derived from
bribe.
Example Sentences
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“Bribes require a briber and somebody who accepts that bribe,” he said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
In return for funds for his re-election campaign, Mr. Thomas offered to make the briber, who became a cooperating witness, the school board’s real estate counsel, the complaint said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2019
They will also argue the alleged briber was only a consultant to IMR, not an employee.
From The Guardian ● May 1, 2013
But he failed to see that his revelations had brought to light his own culpability as a briber and that he would draw further resentment from Britain's power circles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still, could he be all of them: Rine the runner and Rine the gambler and Rine the briber and Rine the lover and Rinehart the Reverend?
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
