bribery

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English bribe

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old French -ier

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Old French -ie

Old French -eriebor.

Middle English -erie

English -ery

English bribery

From bribe + -ery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaɪbəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

bribery (plural briberies)

2. The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a means of influencing their decisions.

   Hypernyms: venality < corruption < crime

4. (law) The activity of offering, giving, or accepting such bribes.

   Synonym: bribe (act sense)

   Hypernyms: venality < corruption < crime

   accept bribery

   combat bribery

   accused of bribery

   The official was arrested on charges of bribery.

Derived terms

• antibribery, anti-bribery

Translations

making of illegal payment to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions

• Afrikaans: omkopery
• Arabic: رَشْوَة f (rašwa)
• Armenian: կաշառում (hy) (kašaṙum)
• Bulgarian: подкупване n (podkupvane), рушветчийство (bg) n (rušvetčijstvo)
• Catalan: suborn (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行賄 / 行贿 (zh) (xínghuì)

• Czech: úplatkářství n
• Danish: bestikkelse c
• Dutch: omkoperij (nl) f, omkoping (nl) f
• Esperanto: subaĉetado
• Finnish: lahjonta (fi)
• French: corruption (fr) f
• Galician: suborno
• German: Bestechung (de) f
• Greek: δωροδοκία (el) f (dorodokía)
• Hebrew: שיחוד m (shikhud)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: megvesztegetés (hu)
• Indonesian: penyuapan (id), penyogokan (id)
• Irish: breabaireacht f
• Italian: concussione (it) f, corruzione (it) f
• Japanese: 賄賂のやり取り (わいろのやりとり, wáiro no yarítori), 賄賂 (ja) (わいろ, wairo)
• Khmer: ការស៊ីសំណូក (kaa sii sɑmnook)
• Korean: 증회 (jeunghoe), 뇌물 (ko) (noemul)
• Latin: largitio f
• Malay: rasuah (ms)
• Māori: utu whakapati
• Polish: łapówkarstwo (pl) n, łapownictwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: suborno (pt) m
• Russian: взя́точничество (ru) n (vzjátočničestvo)
• Slovak: úplatkárstvo n
• Spanish: soborno (es) m, cohecho (es) m, sobornación f, convoluto m
• Swedish: bestickning (sv) c, mutning (sv) c
• Thai: อามิสสินจ้าง (aamít sĭn jâang)
• Turkish: rüşvet (tr)
• Vietnamese: sự đút lót, sự hối lộ, sự mua chuộc
• Welsh: llwgrwobrwyaeth f

giving, offering or accepting bribes

• Afrikaans: omkopery
• Arabic: رشوة
• Armenian: կաշառակերություն (hy) (kašaṙakerutʻyun) (receiving bribes)
• Catalan: subornar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 受賄 / 受贿 (zh) (shòuhuì) (receiving bribes)

• Danish: bestikkelse c
• Finnish: lahjonta (fi) (giving/offering), lahjuksen ottaminen (accepting)
• Galician: subornar (gl), comprar (gl), mercar (gl), untar (gl)
• Greek: (giving) δωροδοκία (el) f (dorodokía), (accepting) δωροληψία (el) f (dorolipsía)
• Hungarian: vesztegetés (hu)
• Indonesian: gratifikasi (id), penyuapan (id)
• Irish: breabaireacht f
• Italian: (giving) corruzione (it) f, (receiving) concussione (it) f
• Japanese: 収賄 (ja) (しゅうわい, shūwai) (receiving bribes)
• Korean: 증수회 (jeungsuhoe)
• Māori: utu whakapati
• Marathi: लाचखोरी (mr) f (lāckhorī)
• Romanian: (giving) dare de mită f, (accepting) luare de mită f
• Spanish: soborno (es) m, cohecho (es) m, sobornación f, convoluto m
• Swedish: bestickning (sv) c, mutbrott (sv) n
• Vietnamese: sự ăn hối lộ