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What does bribe mean?
Definitions in simple English

bribe Noun

— A bribe is a reward that is given to someone, so that they do something they normally would not. It's different from payment in that a bribe is usually for something illegal, or against some rules. He gave the judge a bribe so that he would win the contest.

bribe Verb

— When you bribe someone, you give a reward so that they do something they normally wouldn't. s that the police were bribed to cover up the investigation surfaced after the event.

bribe

— verb (= buy) make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence This judge can be bought — noun payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

Synonyms bribe synonyms

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bribe English » English

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Topics bribe topics

What do people use bribe to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict Peace

Appease
Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Bribe
Language and thought Want

Influence

Conjugation bribe conjugation

How do you conjugate bribe?

bribe · verb

Examples bribe examples

How do I use bribe in a sentence?

Simple sentences

God's law curses the bribe-takers.
Mr Koop would be the last person to take a bribe.
It was very sensible of him to reject the bribe.
He offered a big bribe to the politician.
He refused to take the bribe.
He denied that he had accepted the bribe.
They attempted in vain to bribe the witness.
You can't bribe that judge.
She talked him into accepting the bribe.
Tom denied that he had accepted the bribe.
Never accept a gift intended as a bribe!
I can't believe you're trying to bribe me.
Did Tom bribe Mary?
The police officer accepted a bribe.
The mayor denied having taken a bribe.
Everybody suspected him of taking a bribe.
Did you or did you not accept the bribe?
She expected him to take the bribe.

Movie subtitles

And how dare you bribe my man to spy on me.
He takes a bribe from a black-market currency trader.
You mean a bribe, don't you?
What's a bribe?
A bribe's a dishonest gift.
Well, you took a bribe.
Only it wasn't a bribe.
He kept me out of the Buffaloes and took a bribe.
What bribe?
I've told you of his attempt to bribe Mr. Tyler.
She's made two trips to the plateau to bribe the porters. For me!
Smart of you to bribe the manager.
Not until you bribe the manager to restore me to my attic.
You can't bribe me.
For trying to bribe the doctor, you've just won yourself two more months in here, asshole.
We need a false floor in the truck. And we need to bribe the driver, the loaders, and the guards.
Sir, are you trying to offer me a bribe?
It's after 12:00. The old man's probably trying to bribe her.
Yes. I'm not trying to bribe you.
The old man's probably trying to bribe her.
Who's trying to bribe you?
Who did you bribe for your visa?
A bribe has worked before.
When a man becomes weak enough to accept a bribe he's already a dying man.
We can bribe them. We can get the money.
Are you trying to bribe me?
If you think you can bribe me into boxing,Warden, you're wrong.
I'll get six lawyers, I'll bribe judges, but no divorce!
Could bribe the driver and his assistants.
It takes a bribe to work a good platform.
So, you're trying to bribe a guard?
Why would he bribe your pirates to keep us from escaping?
For such a sum, I could bribe Jupiter himself!

News and current affairs

The companies routinely bribe officials to gain oil leases, lie about output, evade taxes, and dodge responsibility for the environmental damage that they cause.
A bankrupt warlord, after all, cannot buy weapons or bribe people to maintain their loyalty.
Just as in the US, public rage is somehow directed away from the rich bribe-givers and onto venal politicians.
Without the bribe, the bus would have been delayed for hours at each stop, days for the whole journey.
Policemen, military and civil bribe-takers and thieves, who first tax the Chechen civilians or simply steal from them, sell arms and explosives to the terrorists, reveal military maps of mine fields, and supply the rebels with fake documents.
But if you pay a small bribe, you travel for 50 rubles.
C need not bribe the judge to get his cow back.
It strove to improve its legal system so that decisions would accord with general rules and foster confidence that contracts would be enforced--whether or not a bribe had been paid.
Aid fatigue set in and, as the Cold War diminished, official aid flows declined as it was no longer necessary to bribe countries to keep them out of the Soviet camp.
Cheating occurs because the government hasn't invested in personnel or in the systems to detect tax evaders, who rarely face jail time and can often bribe their way out of trouble when they do get caught.
The CCP's leaders have already decided that Bo is guilty and must spend years in jail (the scale of Bo's alleged bribe-taking ensures a sentence of 15-20 years).
It is cheaper to bribe a government to provide resources at below-market prices than to invest and develop an industry, so it is no surprise that some firms succumb to this temptation.
Under Yeltsin, deputies' votes were routinely purchased; now the Kremlin's FSB faction pressures deputies by reminding them of their past bribe-taking.
Oil revenues enable them to bribe the population to remain politically passive, while discouraging the creation of the kind of free-market system that breeds democracy.
Every bribe that is taken has a payer, and too often the bribe payer is a corporation from an advanced industrial country or someone acting on its behalf.
Usually, the bank takes months to process the application, and may demand a bribe even in the unlikely event it is willing to take on the credit risk.
Instead of remaining bogged down in Afghanistan and seeking to cajole and bribe the Pakistani military into ending their support for Islamic militants, the US would become free to pursue a broader, more balanced counterterrorism strategy.
Since coming to office, Obamahas pursued an Afghan strategy that can be summed up in three words: surge, bribe, and run.

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