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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

He was alleged to have have bribed officers and was a police informant, as well as a mason.

From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2016

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 Paget, Walter