Example Sentences

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Mr. Casado was not the first public official Mr. Zarrab has bribed.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2018

He has bribed them with gourmet cheese, and he lays it out with no fewer than five cheese knives.

From Nature • Sep. 7, 2015

Mama has bribed all lands of ointments in and none seem to work.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

She has bribed the most Selfish and penetrating Statesmen, with empty Sounds, and Titles without Meaning.

From An Enquiry into an Origin of Honour; and the Usefulness of Christianity in War by Mandeville, Bernard

Your Angel's husband has bribed Theresa to sell to him.

From The Lion's Mouse by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)