Sekirov Dictionary

bribe

/bɹaɪb/

verb 2
noun 3
forms 5

verb2

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to pay someone secretly so that they will do something wrong for you
- She was accused of trying to bribe the jury into making false statements.
- October 23, 1848, Frederick William Robertson, an address delivered at the Opening of The Working Men's Institute Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.

noun3

•
Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
- Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe. — 1613
The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.
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That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
- Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets. — 1744

forms

bribed · bribing · bribes · bribeth · bribest

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