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Bribe
Bribe Bribe, v. i.
1. To commit robbery or theft. [Obs.]
2. To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or
corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by
some gift or promise.
An attempt to bribe, though unsuccessful, has been
holden to be criminal, and the offender may be
indicted. --Bouvier.
The bard may supplicate, but cannot bribe.
--Goldsmith.
Bribe
Bribe Bribe, n. [F. bribe a lump of bread, scraps, leavings of
meals (that are generally given to a beggar), LL. briba scrap
of bread; cf. OF. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously, to
beg, and OHG. bilibi food.]
1. A gift begged; a present. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with
a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a
judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of
trust.
Undue reward for anything against justice is a
bribe. --Hobart.
3. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave
these ever?blooming sweets. --Akenside.
BribeBribe Bribe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bribed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bribing.]
1. To rob or steal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge,
juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of
trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the
conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a
bribe to.
Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote
against his conscience. --F. W.
Robertson.
3. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
Meaning of Bribe from wikipedia
- payment, or
acceptance of a
private favor (a
bribe) in
exchange for
official action. The
purpose of a
bribe is to
influence the
actions of the recipient...
- The
Bribe is a 1949
American film noir
directed by
Robert Z.
Leonard and
written by
Marguerite Roberts,
based on a
story written by
Frederick Nebel. The...
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Bribe Payers Index (BPI) is a
measure of how
willing a nation's
multinational corporations appear to
engage in
corrupt business practices. The
first BPI...
- The
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- Putin's Palace.
History of World's
Largest Bribe (Russian: Дворец для Путина. История самой большой взятки, romanized: Dvorets dlya Putina.
Istoriya samoy...
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm:
Delivery of
Prodigious Bribe to
American Regime for Make
Benefit Once
Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, or
simply Borat Subsequent...
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kickback is a form of
negotiated bribery in
which a
commission is paid to the
bribe-taker in
exchange for
services rendered.
Generally speaking, the remuneration...
- days later.
Burruchaga and
Robert accepted the
bribe. However, Gl****mann
refused to
partake in the
bribe and was the one who
publicly revealed the scandal...
- game. In
exchange for a
bribe, the
player or
players agree to
ensure that
their team will not "cover the
point spread" (the
bribed player's team may still...
- Rewards: The
Trouble with Gold Stars,
Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and
Other Bribes is a 1993 book by
Alfie Kohn that
argues against the use of
rewards to incentivize...
