bribes in English

noun

1

a sum of money or other inducement offered or given in this way.

They've gone as far as illegal activities - offering bribes on the floor of the House, holding votes open for three hours.

synonyms: inducement, incentive, payola, payoff, kickback, boodle, sweetener

verb

1

persuade (someone) to act in one's favor, typically illegally or dishonestly, by a gift of money or other inducement.

an undercover agent bribed the judge into giving a lenient sentence

synonyms: buy off, pay off, suborn, grease someone's palm, fix, square

noun

• inducement, incentive, payola, payoff, kickback, boodle, sweetener
• payoff

verb

• buy off, pay off, suborn, grease someone's palm, fix, square
• corrupt, buy

Use "bribes" in a sentence

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2. You take bribes,*

3. The Bribes themselves introduce delay

4. Your bribes were made public.

5. Synonyms for Bribes in Free Thesaurus

6. Oh, a few bribes, some connections.

7. He was accused of Accepting bribes

8. He was being investigated for receiving Bribes

9. Bribes John Thomas Noonan Snippet view - 1984

10. Definition of Bribes in the Definitions.net dictionary

11. He occasionally condescended to take bribes.

12. “He Who Hates Bribes Will Live”

13. Besides taking bribes, what else do you do?

14. But the one hating bribes will keep living.

15. We must impeach the judge for taking bribes.

16. “The lawyer paid $10,000 dollars in Bribes

17. Briber (plural Bribers) A person who bribes; Translations

18. He repudiated the charge of having taken bribes.

19. He who bribes is to be despised.

20. He admitted paying bribes to police officers.

21. A Supreme Court judge was charged with taking bribes.

22. It was alleged that the policeman had accepted bribes.

23. 9 Government officials demanded bribes from us at every turn.

24. He freely admitted that he had taken bribes.

25. He would never lower himself by taking bribes.

26. An eminent judge has been disbarred for accepting bribes.

27. "By slipping from Bribes to Bribes 4, the duet has changed from short to medium-length: everything is bigger, stronger, higher

28. It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office.

29. Take so-called "facilitation payments", a highfaluting name for little bribes.

30. The official was suspected of accepting bribes from the construction companies.

31. What are we paying bribes to the cops for?

32. Baksheesh (Bribes) (Spies Lie Book 5) - Kindle edition by Kane, DS

33. 25 The city is full of crooked police officers taking bribes.

34. More than mere bribes are needed to impress my father-in-law.

35. • Acceptance of favours, gifts, benefits, bribes, hospitality that may compromise public service

36. Bribes and kickbacks are part and parcel of the international arms trade.

37. Any suggestion that I accepted bribes would be a monstrous slur.http://Sentencedict.com

38. Mr Selebi was accused of accepting bribes from a convicted drug dealer.

39. He is charged with accepting bribes from a firm of suppliers.

40. He was to be included in the investigation for allegedly accepting Bribes

41. 🔊 Our local politician is a Contemptible man known to take bribes

42. Accepting bribes was specifically prohibited by God’s law to Israel, and Jehovah, as the Supreme Judge, set the perfect example by always rendering impartial decisions and never accepting bribes.

43. Those paying bribes were continually harassed afterward by corrupt officials wanting additional payments.”

44. Years I have been robbed of the primus by Solonius and his bribes

45. Police officers were taking bribes from hawkers who were hawking on the streets.

46. Years I have been robbed of the primus by Solonius and his bribes.

47. Any suggestion that I accepted bribes would be a monstrous slur.

48. By taking bribes the judge made a burlesque of his high office.

49. Jehovah detests slander, loose conduct, the abuse of power, and the taking of bribes.

50. Jonas bribes Slyme to let him kill himself to cheat the gallows.