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..
unbribable
-
a word derived from
bribe.
Example Sentences
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It was from those soldiers that the interpreter formed his vision of America: a place where people show up on time and keep their promises, a generous country with unbribable officials, tolerance, justice.
From Slate ● May 30, 2017
On the important line Petrograd-Moscow-Perm scandalous cases of corruption took place in which, according to Russian journals, officials of a class who might reasonably be regarded as unbribable were implicated.
From England and Germany by William Morris Hughes
Who can thus lose all pledge and, having observed, observe again from the same unaffected, unbiased, unbribable, unaffrighted innocence, must always be formidable, must always engage the poet's and the man's regards.
From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Frederick William Roe
A German who is unbribed and unbribable, not bought and not for sale.
From Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 1 The First Twelve Months of War by Louis Raemaekers
Who can thus avoid all pledges and, having observed, observe again from the same unaffected, unbiased, unbribable, unaffrighted innocence,—must always be formidable.
From Essays — First Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
