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 .
Hobart
Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe .
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
Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
inducement to dishonesty
Afrikaans: omkoopgeld
Albanian: ryshfet (sq) m mitë (sq) f
Arabic: رَشْوَة f rašwa )
Armenian: կաշառք (hy) (kašaṙkʿ )
Azeri: rüşvət (az)
Bashkir: ришүәт rišüät )
Belarusian: хаба́р m xabár ), по́дкуп m pódkup )
Bengali: ঘুষ ghush )
Bulgarian: по́дкуп (bg) m pódkup ), рушве́т (bg) m rušvét )
Burmese: လာဘ် (my) (labh )
Catalan: suborn m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賄賂 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 vzjatka )
Erzya: взятка vzjatka )
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: pistis altkäemaks
Finnish: lahjus (fi)
French: pot-de-vin (fr) m
Galician: suborno m
Georgian: ქრთამი krtami )
German: Bestechungsgeld n Schmiergeld (de) n
Greek: δωροδοκία (el) f dorodokía ) ( giving ) δωροληψία (el) f dorolipsía ) ( taking )
Hebrew: שׁוֹחַד m shokhad )
Hindi: रिश्वत (hi) f riśvat )
Hungarian: megvesztegetés (hu) , csúszópénz (hu)
Icelandic: múta f
Ido: suborno (io)
Indonesian: suap (id) , sogokan (id)
Italian: tangente (it) f
Japanese: 賄賂 (ja) (わいろ, wairo )
Kazakh: пара para )
Khmer: សំណូក (km) (sɑmnook )
Korean: 뇌물 (ko) (noemul )
Kurdish:
Sorani: بهرتیل
Kyrgyz: пара (ky) (para )
Lao: ສິນບົນ sin bon )
Latvian: kukulis m
Lezgi: ришвет rišvet )
Lithuanian: kyšis m
Macedonian: по́ткуп m pótkup ), ми́то n míto )
Malay: rasuah
Maltese: tixmiħ m
Maori: moni whakapati koha whakapati
Mongolian: хахууль (mn) (hahuulʹ )
Ngazidja Comorian: ɓahashishi class 9 /10
Nogai: карын karın )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bestikkelse
Ossetian: гæртам 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 )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ми́то n
Roman: míto (sh) n
Sinhalese: අල්ලස් allas )
Slovak: úplatok m
Slovene: podkupnina f
Southern Altai: карын karın )
Spanish: soborno (es) m ( colloquial ) coima (es) f ( Argentina, , ) 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 pora ), ришва rišva ), ришват rišvat )
Tatar: ришвәт (tt) (rişwät )
Telugu: లంచము (te) (laṃcamu )
Thai: สินบน sĭnbon )
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)
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.
F. W. Robertson
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
Ido: subornar (io)
Indonesian: menyuap (id) , menyogok (id)
Italian: offrire una tangente corrompere (it)
Norman: corrompre séduithe graîssi la patte
Khmer: សែន (km) (sên ), បង់សាច់ bângsach )
Lao: ໃຫ້ສິນບົນ hai sin bon )
Latvian: kukuļot
Maori: whakapati
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
Roman: mítiti (sh) , podmititi (sh) , potkúpiti (sh) , potplátiti (sh)
Spanish: sobornar (es) , cohechar (es)
Swahili: hongo (sw) , rushwa (sw) , mlungula (sw) , chai (sw)
Swedish: muta (sv)
Turkish: rüşvet vermek (tr)
Yiddish: שמירן shmirn ), אונטערקויפֿן unterkoyfn )
Etymology [ edit ] Imitative.
Pronunciation [ edit ] bribe f plural bribes
( obsolete ) crumb (of bread)scrap , bit
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