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..
will bribe
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future tenseof bribe.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“This case revealed that foreign governments will bribe insiders to obtain the user information that is collected and stored by our Silicon Valley social media companies,” U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
Your employer will bribe you with stories to focus on your job.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 2, 2011
When my Epistles come to be weighed with Pliny's, however superior to the Roman in delicate irony, judicious reflexions, etc., his gilt post will bribe over the judges to him.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb
I will then state, that I met you in a fair duel, and will bribe the officers of the Inquisition to hold their tongues about the circumstances which have been communicated.”
From The Pacha of Many Tales by Frederick Marryat
When my epistles come to be weighed with Pliny's, however superior to the Roman in delicate irony, judicious reflections, etc., his gilt post will bribe over the judges to him.
From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb
