English > bribe: 2 senses > verb 1, possession| Meaning | make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Model | Sam cannot bribe Sue |
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| Synonyms | corrupt, buy, grease one's palms |
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| Category | crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
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| Narrower | buy off, pay off | pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor |
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| sop | Give a conciliatory gift or bribe to |
| Broader | pay | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
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| Spanish | comprar |
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| Adjectives | bribable | capable of being corrupted |
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| Nouns | bribe | payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment |
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| briber | someone who pays (or otherwise incites / incites) you to commit a wrongful / wrongful act |
| bribery | the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage |