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- Dictionarybribe/brʌɪb/
verb
- 1. dishonestly persuade (someone) to act in one's favour by a gift of money or other inducement: "they attempted to bribe opponents into losing"
noun
- 1. a sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone: "lawmakers were caught accepting bribes to bring in legalized gambling"
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A bribe is money or a present that you give to someone to persuade them to do something dishonest for you. Learn how to use the word bribe as a verb or a noun, and see examples of bribe in different contexts and languages.
Learn the meaning of bribe as a noun and a verb, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Find out how to use bribe in a sentence and how to distinguish it from related words like boodle and fix.
Learn the meaning of bribe as a verb and a noun, and how to use it in different contexts. Find out the synonyms, related words and phrases, and translations of bribe in other languages.
A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
You pay a bribe to get someone to do something they wouldn't do otherwise. It's usually dishonest and often criminal. Bribes can be utterly corrupt and illegal — like when you offer a bribe to a politician so she'll make a decision in your favor.
A bribe is money or a gift given to someone to make them do something dishonest for you. Learn more about the noun and verb forms of bribe, and see translations in different languages.
a sum of money or something valuable that you give or offer to somebody to persuade them to help you, especially by doing something dishonest. It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. She had been offered a $50 000 bribe to drop the charges. Collocations Crime. Extra Examples.
