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• bribe — I UK [braɪb] / US verb [transitive] Word forms bribe : present tense I/you/we/they bribe he/she/it bribes present participle bribing past tense bribed past participle bribed a) to give money or presents to someone so that they will help you by… …   English dictionary

• bribe — bribable, bribeable, adj. bribability, bribeability, n. bribee, n. briber, n. /bruyb/, n., v., bribed, bribing. n. 1. money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, esp. in that… …   Universalium

• bribe — bribe1 [ braıb ] verb transitive to give money or presents to someone so that they will help you by doing something dishonest or illegal: They were found guilty of trying to bribe officials. bribe someone to do something: They tried to bribe the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bribe — [braɪb] verb [T] I to give money or presents to someone so that they will help you by doing something wrong or illegal They tried to bribe the judge to find their brother not guilty.[/ex] II noun [C] bribe [braɪb] money or a present that you give …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Bribe — Bribe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bribing}.] 1. To rob or steal. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bribe — (br[imac]b), n. [F. bribe a lump of bread, scraps, leavings of meals (that are generally given to a beggar), LL. briba scrap of bread; cf. OF. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously, to beg, and OHG. bilibi food.] 1. A gift begged; a present. [Obs.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bribe — bribe1 [braıb] v [T] 1.) to illegally give someone, especially a public official, money or a gift in order to persuade them to do something for you ▪ The only way we could get into the country was by bribing the border officials. bribe sb to do… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bribe — 1 verb (T) to pay money to someone to persuade them to help you, especially by doing something dishonest: bribe sb to do sth: We bribed the doorman to let us in. | bribe sb for sth: prisoners bribing guards with cigarettes 2 noun (C) an amount of …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Frank J. Wilson (judge) — Frank J. Wilson (died February 1990) was an American judge who served on the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. He is most notable for presiding in the trial of Chicago mobster Harry Aleman, the only person in U.S. History to be tried a… …   Wikipedia

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