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 ( 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 ( 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: поткуп m ( potkup ) , мито n ( mito )
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 ) , 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 ( karın )
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) ( laṃcamu )
Thai: สินบน (th) ( sǐn-bon )
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
Indonesian: menyuap (id) , menyogok (id)
Italian: offrire una tangente corrompere (it)
Khmer: សែន (km) ( sên ) , បង់សាច់ ( bângsach )
Lao: ໃຫ້ສິນບົນ ( hai sin bon )
Latvian: kukuļot
Maori: whakapati
Norman: corrompre séduithe graîssi la patte
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: -honga
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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