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• bribe — 1 n: a benefit (as money) given, promised, or offered in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust (as an official or witness) compare kickback bribe 2 vt bribed, brib·ing: to influence (a person) by giving a… …   Law dictionary

• bribe — [n] payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity allurement, bait, blackmail, buyoff, compensation, contract, corrupting gift, corrupt money, enticement, envelope*, feedbag*, fringe benefit, gift, goody*, graft, gratuity, gravy*, grease*, hush… …   New thesaurus

• bribe — [brīb] n. [ME < OFr, morsel of bread given to beggars < briber, to beg] 1. anything, esp. money, given or promised to induce a person to do something illegal or wrong 2. anything given or promised to induce a person to do something against… …   English World dictionary

• bribe — ► VERB ▪ dishonestly persuade (someone) to act in one s favour by paying them or giving other inducement. ► NOUN ▪ an inducement offered in an attempt to bribe. DERIVATIVES bribery noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «rob, extort», later «money… …   English terms dictionary

• bribe — ▪ I. bribe bribe 1 [braɪb] noun [countable] LAW an amount of money or something valuable that someone gives you to persuade you to help them or do something dishonest for them: • US citizens are forbidden by law from offering bribes to officials… …   Financial and business terms

• bribe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. graft, bait; grease, payola, fix, hush money (all sl.). v. t. overtip; suborn, tempt, corrupt, grease [the palm]. See offer, purchase. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. graft, fee, reward, hush money, sop, lure …   English dictionary for students

• 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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