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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Trinkgeld, approach, bait, bonus, boodle, bounty, bribe money, buy, buy off, carrot, consideration, corrupt, donative, double time, encouragement, fee, fillip, fix, get at, get to, graft, gratification, gratuity, gravy, grease, grease the palm, have, honorarium, hush money, incentive, incentive pay, incitement, inducement, instigate, interest, invitation, kickback, lagniappe, largess, liberality, lubricate, lure, oil, palm oil, pay off, payment, payoff, payola, percentage, perks, perquisite, persuasive, pourboire, premium, profit, protection, provocation, purchase, reach, reward, salve, soften up, something extra, sop, sportula, square, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus, suborn, sweeten, sweetener, sweetening, take care of, tamper with, tickle the palm, tip, whet |
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Dictionary Results for bribe: |
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
bribe
n 1: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt
his judgment [syn: bribe, payoff]
v 1: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or
influence; "This judge can be bought" [syn: bribe,
corrupt, buy, grease one's palms]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bribe \Bribe\ (br[imac]b), 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.
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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.
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Undue reward for anything against justice is a
bribe. --Hobart.
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3. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
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Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave
these ever?blooming sweets. --Akenside.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bribe \Bribe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bribed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bribing.]
1. To rob or steal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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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.
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Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote
against his conscience. --F. W.
Robertson.
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3. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bribe \Bribe\, v. i.
1. To commit robbery or theft. [Obs.]
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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.
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An attempt to bribe, though unsuccessful, has been
holden to be criminal, and the offender may be
indicted. --Bouvier.
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The bard may supplicate, but cannot bribe.
--Goldsmith.
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5. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
Bribe
None to be taken; "for the gift maketh open eyes blind, and
perverteth the cause of the righteous" (Ex. 23:8, literally
rendered).
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6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
BRIBE, crim. law. The gift or promise, which is accepted, of some advantage,
as the inducement for some illegal act or omission; or of some illegal
emolument, as a consideration, for preferring one person to another, in the
performance of a legal act.
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Common Misspellings > |
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