Definitionn. payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
Last update: July 18, 2015
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They bribed the officials to get the licence. [verb]
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He was offered a bribe to do the job but he refused to accept it. . [noun]
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Surely, the real sin is taking a bribe, not the giving. [Please select]
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He knows the country and the people, and can be bribed to every perfidy. [verb]
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I repeat it, whoever is begged or bribed into disobedience will not see the light of to-morrow's sun. [Please select]
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You may bribe a soldier to slay a man with his sword, or a witness to take life by false accusation; but you cannot make a hound tear his benefactor. [Please select]
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He even bribed the King's secretary to do it, but in vain. [Please select]
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They also used vouchers to try to bribe detainees to disclose the names of the people who organized the strike. [Please select]
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"Tell me, have you taken a bribe from this man." [Please select]
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Surely you can bribe him, if he hesitates at all, or hold a pistol at his ear as he steers the leading prame into the bay. [Please select]
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This man she bribed with the promise of freedom and rich possessions, to undertake the dangerous mission. [Please select]
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