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bribe
/bɹaɪb/
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What does bribe mean?
noun
- Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
- The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.
- That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
More meanings (2)
verb
- To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something against their original will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.
- To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
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IPA pronunciation
/bɹaɪb/
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First he commanded, then he tried to bribe, and then he even descended to beg the "foreign devil" to leave the city.
If he sees a chance of a farther bribe, he takes his departure saying he will make his report to the thanna.
More book examples (3)
The fact was, that among the magistrates some closed their eyes, and others held out their hands to receive the bribe of their connivance.
As the fact broke upon me that I was being offered a bribe, the shame was enormously increased by the memory of this statement.
Eriphyle took the necklace as the price of her husband’s life, but he is taking a bribe in order to compass a worse ruin.’