0 an attempt to make someone do something for you by giving the person money, presents, or something else that they want :
The organization was rife with bribery and corruption.
Charges against the five men include bribery, extortion, and conspiracy.
1 the crime of giving someone money or something else of value, often illegally, to persuade that person to do something you want:
Charges of bribery and official corruption were made.
2 the crime of giving someone, especially someone in a position of authority, money, a gift, etc. so that they will do something illegal or dishonest for you:
The organization was rife with bribery and corruption.
He was indicted in a bribery scandal over subway supply contracts.
There have been allegations of bribery and corruption over a huge arms contract.
Large profits from organized crime provide ample funds for bribery of public officials.
The court has dismissed all remaining charges in the bribery scandal.
I used bribery - with food - to get a place in a workshop run by a couple of my furniture-maker friends.
Some cultures consider tipping waiters bribery, while in others it’s considered an insult if you don’t leave a tip.
The largest store in the country was caught up in bribery allegations.
He provides a staged genre analysis of the bribery event and shows which stages are constitutive, thereby demonstrating that certain so-called bribery episodes were not.
This is a recipe for bribery, since private citizens now have an interest in breaking the law.
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収賄(わい), 贈収賄…
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corruption [feminine], subornation [feminine], corruption…
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