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..
have bribed
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present perfectof bribe.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Nuzman and others were found to have bribed the then-president of the global track federation, Lamine Diack, and his son, Papa Massata Diack, for their votes.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Now, as the government investigates whether the men may have bribed members of the Secret Service who lived in the building and threatened national security, questions still remain over the motive behind the alleged ruse.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2022
She wouldn’t have bribed her with ridiculous amounts of plastic.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2017
But the US authorities have also rigorously pursued foreign firms alleged to have bribed officials.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2012
He must have bribed one of the guards to fetch it in for him, but there was no tracing which had been concerned in the matter.
From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Walter Paget
