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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 Bribes from wikipedia
- some Spanish-speaking countries,
bribes are
referred to as "mordida" (literally, "bite"). In Arab countries,
bribes may be
called baksheesh (a tip, gift...
- 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...
- undo****ented
extra payments or
bribes?"
Answers are to be
given on a
scale of 1 (
bribes are
common or even mandatory) to 10 (
bribes are unknown). The BPI ranking...
- 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...
-
other kinds of
bribes in that
there is
implied collusion between agents of the two parties,
rather than one
party extorting the
bribe from the other....
- paid huge
bribes by ISL
between 1989 and 1999,
which FIFA had
failed to investigate.
Jennings claimed they
appeared on a list of 175
bribes paid by ISL...
- Schindler's
usual connections and
bribes failed to win
their release. Finally,
after he sent his secretary,
Hilde Albrecht, with
bribes of
black market goods, food...
-
politician from Florida. As a
Republican congressman, he was
convicted of
taking bribes in the 1980
Abscam scandal.
Kelly was born July 31, 1924, in Atlanta, Georgia...
- 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...
- by
Swedish National Council for
Crime Prevention (Brå). By
receiving bribes,
bribe takers abuse their position of power,
which is
consistent with how the...
