bribe
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French briber (“go begging”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bribe (plural bribes)
- Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
- Hobart
- Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe.
- Hobart
- That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
- Akenside
- Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets.
- Remy, this was a bribe! Our whole marriage has been nothing but a series of bribes! - Stuart Graff, Earthquake
- Akenside
Synonyms[edit]
- See Thesaurus:bribe
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
inducement to dishonesty
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Verb[edit]
bribe (third-person singular simple present bribes, present participle bribing, simple past and past participle bribed)
- (transitive) To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something, usually against his/her will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.
- F. W. Robertson
- Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
- F. W. Robertson
- (transitive) To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
- to bribe somebody's compliance
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to give a bribe
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Imitative.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bribe f (plural bribes)
Further reading[edit]
- “bribe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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