Bribe
11bribe — [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… …
12bribe — ► 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… …
13bribe — Bribe, Panis mendicatus …
14bribe — ▪ 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… …
15bribe — 01. He was arrested after trying to [bribe] a policeman who had stopped him for speeding. 02. The president of a construction company was arrested for [bribery] after offering the mayor $100,000 to accept his company s bid to build the new… …
16bribe — 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… …
17bribe — {{11}}bribe (n.) late 14c., thing stolen, from O.Fr. bribe bit, piece, hunk; morsel of bread given to beggars (14c.), from briber, brimber to beg, a general Romanic word (Gamillscheg marks it as Rotwelsch, i.e. thieves jargon ), of uncertain… …
18bribe — 1. взятка to give a bribe дать взятку to get a bribe получить взятку to pass a bribe передать взятку acceptance of bribe получение взятки agreement to receive a bribe сговор о получении взятки …
19bribe — 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… …
20bribe — (bri b ) s. f. 1° Gros morceau de pain. Manger une bribe de pain. Il est populaire. 2° Les restes d un repas. • Cela se changeait en un déjeuner dont j étais le pourvoyeur, et qu il partageait avec un autre camarade ; car pour moi, très… …
