English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Old French briber ( “ go begging ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] bribe (plural bribes
Something (usually money ) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty .
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Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe .
That which seduces; seduction ; allurement .
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Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets. 1974 , George Fox, Mario Puzo , Earthquake Remy, this was a bribe ! Our whole marriage has been nothing but a series of bribes! Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
inducement to dishonesty
Afrikaans: omkoopgeld
Albanian: ryshfet (sq) m mitë (sq) f
Arabic: رَشْوَة f ( rašwa )
Egyptian Arabic: برطيل m ( barṭīl )
Armenian: կաշառք (hy) ( kašaṙkʿ )
Azerbaijani: rüşvət (az)
Bashkir: ришүәт ( rišüät )
Belarusian: хаба́р m ( xabár ) , по́дкуп m ( pódkup )
Bengali: ঘুষ ( ghuṣ )
Bulgarian: по́дкуп (bg) m ( pódkup ) , рушве́т (bg) m ( rušvét )
Burmese: လာဘ် (my) ( labh )
Catalan: suborn m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賄賂 (zh) , 贿赂 (zh) ( huìlù ) , 行賄 (zh) , 行贿 (zh) ( xínghuì )
Chuvash: взятка ( vzjatka )
Czech: úplatek (cs) m
Danish: bestikkelse
Dutch: steekpenning (nl) , smeergeld (nl) n
Eastern Mari: взятка ( vzâtka )
Erzya: взятка ( vzjatka )
Esperanto: koruptaĵo
Estonian: pistis altkäemaks
Finnish: lahjus (fi)
French: pot-de-vin (fr) m
Galician: suborno m aliciamento m baixamau f engado m comechura f
Georgian: ქრთამი ( krtami )
German: Bestechungsgeld (de) n Schmiergeld (de) n
Greek: δωροδοκία (el) f ( dorodokía ) ( giving ) , δωροληψία (el) f ( dorolipsía ) ( taking )
Hausa: hanci toshiya
Hebrew: שׁוֹחַד m ( shokhad )
Hindi: रिश्वत (hi) f ( riśvat )
Hungarian: megvesztegetés (hu) , csúszópénz (hu) , vesztegetés (hu) , kenőpénz (hu)
Icelandic: múta f
Ido: suborno (io)
Indonesian: suap (id) , sogokan (id)
Italian: tangente (it) f bustarella (it) f
Japanese: 賄賂 (ja) ( わいろ, wairo )
Kazakh: пара ( para )
Khmer: សំណូក (km) ( sɑmnook )
Korean: 뇌물 (ko) ( noemul )
Kurdish:
Sorani: بەرتیل ( bertîl )
Kyrgyz: пара (ky) ( para )
Lao: ສິນບົນ ( sin bon )
Latvian: kukulis m
Lezgi: ришвет ( rišvet )
Lithuanian: kyšis m
Macedonian: поткуп m ( potkup ) , мито n ( mito )
Malay: rasuah
Maltese: tixmiħ m
Maori: moni whakapati koha whakapati utu whakapati
Mongolian: хахууль (mn) ( hahuulʹ )
Ngazidja Comorian: ɓahashishi class 9 /10
Nogai: карын ( karın )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bestikkelse
Ossetian: гӕртам ( gærtam )
Persian: رشوه (fa) ( rešve )
Polish: łapówka (pl) f
Portuguese: suborno (pt) m propina (pt) f
Romanian: mită (ro) f
Russian: взя́тка (ru) f ( vzjátka ) , по́дкуп (ru) m ( pódkup ) , мзда (ru) f ( mzda )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ми́то n
Roman: míto (sh) n
Sinhalese: අල්ලස් ( allas )
Slovak: úplatok m
Slovene: podkupnina f
Southern Altai: карын ( karïn )
Spanish: soborno (es) m ( colloquial ) coima (es) f ( Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay ) , matraca (es) f ( Venezuela ) , mordida (es) f ( Mexico ) , cohecho (es) , alfadía f
Swahili: hongo (sw)
Swedish: muta (sv) c dusör (sv)
Tagalog: suhol lagay (tl)
Tajik: пора (tg) ( pora ) , ришва ( rišva ) , ришват ( rišvat )
Tatar: ришвәт (tt) ( rişwät )
Telugu: లంచము (te) ( lañcamu )
Thai: สินบน (th) ( sǐn-bon ) , ส่วย (th) ( sùai )
Tibetan: རྒྱུ་རྔན ( rgyu rngan ) , སྐྱབས་རྟེན ( skyabs rten )
Turkish: rüşvet (tr)
Turkmen: para berim (tk)
Tuvan: хээли ( häälï )
Ukrainian: хаба́р m ( xabár ) , пі́дкуп m ( pídkup )
Urdu: رشوت f ( riśvat )
Uzbek: pora (uz) , rishva rishvat (uz)
Vietnamese: hối lộ (vi)
Welsh: llwgrwobr (cy) m
Yakut: бэрик ( berik )
Yiddish: שמיר m ( shmir )
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.
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Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience. ( 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
Arabic: رَشَا ( rašā )
Armenian: կաշառել (hy) ( kašaṙel )
Basque: erosi (eu)
Bulgarian: подкупвам (bg) ( podkupvam )
Burmese: လာဘ်ပေး ( labhpe: )
Catalan: subornar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賄賂 (zh) , 贿赂 (zh) ( huìlù ) , 行賄 (zh) , 行贿 (zh) ( xínghuì )
Czech: uplatit podplatit
Danish: bestikke
Dutch: omkopen (nl)
Esperanto: korupti subaĉeti
Finnish: lahjoa (fi)
French: verser (fr) un pot-de-vin (fr) , soudoyer (fr) , corrompre (fr)
Galician: subornar (gl)
Georgian: ქრთამის მიცემა ( krtamis micema )
German: bestechen (de) , schmieren (de) , kaufen (de) ( colloquially )
Greek: δωροδοκώ (el) ( dorodokó )
Hebrew: לשחד ( le'shakhed )
Hungarian: veszteget (hu) , megveszteget (hu) , lefizet (hu) , megken (hu)
Icelandic: múta
Ido: subornar (io)
Indonesian: menyuap (id) , menyogok (id)
Interlingue: subcomprar (ie)
Irish: breab a thabhairt
Italian: offrire una tangente corrompere (it)
Khmer: សែន (km) ( saen ) , បង់សាច់ ( bɑngsac )
Lao: ໃຫ້ສິນບົນ ( hai sin bon )
Latvian: kukuļot
Lithuanian: papirkti
Maori: whakapati
Norman: corrompre séduithe graîssi la patte
Norwegian: bestikke (no)
Persian: رشوه دادن
Polish: dawać łapówkę
Portuguese: subornar (pt)
Russian: дава́ть взя́тку impf ( davátʹ vzjátku ) , подкупа́ть (ru) impf ( podkupátʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: митити подмитити поткупити потплатити (sh)
Roman: mítiti (sh) , podmititi (sh) , potkúpiti (sh) , potplátiti (sh)
Spanish: sobornar (es) , cohechar (es) , coimear (es) ( South America ) , aceitar (es) ( Argentina, Uruguay, Honduras, Cuba ) , untar (es) , comprar (es) , corromper (es)
Swahili: -honga
Swedish: muta (sv) , besticka (sv)
Tagalog: suhol
Turkish: rüşvet vermek (tr)
Welsh: llwgrwobrwyo (cy)
Westrobothnian: mååkk villgo
Yiddish: שמירן ( shmirn ) , אונטערקויפֿן ( unterkoyfn )
Anagrams [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Imitative. (this (+ ) etymology be sourced ?)
Pronunciation [ edit ] bribe f plural bribes
( obsolete ) crumb (of bread)scrap , bit Further reading [ edit ] 
