Bribe
money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person’s performance as an athlete, public official, etc.:
The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.
anything given or serving to persuade or induce:
The children were given candy as a bribe to be good.
to give or promise a bribe to:
They bribed the reporter to forget about what he had seen.
to influence or corrupt by a bribe:
The judge was too honest to be bribed.
to give a bribe; practice bribery.
Contemporary Examples
Bob McDonnell Is Never Going to Be President Michael Tomasky April 30, 2013
Rebekah Brooks Phone Hacking Trial Begins In London Peter Jukes, Nico Hines October 27, 2013
Authors Dubner and Levitt Discuss Freakonomics Daily Beast Promotions September 13, 2009
IRS, DOJ, and Benghazi Expose Limits of Obama’s Big-Government Vision Stuart Stevens May 14, 2013
The GOP’s Dangerous Nukes Game Leslie H. Gelb November 17, 2010
Historical Examples
The Mystery of the Sea Bram Stoker
The Incomplete Amorist E. Nesbit
The Real Man Francis Lynde
A Woman Intervenes Robert Barr
Barren Honour: A Novel George A. Lawrence
verb
to promise, offer, or give something, usually money, to (a person) to procure services or gain influence, esp illegally
noun
a reward, such as money or favour, given or offered for this purpose
any persuasion or lure
a length of flawed or damaged cloth removed from the main piece
n.
v.
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