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Bribe

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Noun

1. bribe, payoff

payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

Verb

2. bribe, buy, corrupt, grease one's palms

make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

Example Sentences:
'This judge can be bought'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Bribe

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verb
1. 
to promise, offer, or give something, usually money, to (a person) to procure services or gain influence, esp illegally
noun
2. 
a reward, such as money or favour, given or offered for this purpose
3. 
any persuasion or lure
4. 
a length of flawed or damaged cloth removed from the main piece

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Bribe

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noun
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 his or her wishes
verb transitiveWord forms: bribed or ˈbribing
3. 
to offer or give a bribe to
4. 
to get or influence by bribing
verb intransitive
5. 
to give a bribe or bribes

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Bribe

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n.
1. Money or some other benefit given to a person in power, especially a public official, in an effort to cause the person to take a particular action.
2. Something offered to induce another to do something: tried to use dessert as a bribe to get the child to cooperate.
v. bribed, brib·ing, bribes
v.tr.
To give, offer, or promise a bribe to.
v.intr.
To give, offer, or promise bribes.

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