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bribe
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural bribes
plural bribes
Learner's definition of BRIBE
[count]
: something valuable (such as money) that is given in order to get someone to do something贿赂品；行贿物
- I offered the children a bribe for finishing their homework.我给了孩子们点好处，因为他们完成了作业。
◊ Usually a bribe is used to get someone to do something illegal or dishonest.贿赂品通常用来买通某人去做非法或不诚实的事情。
- a police officer accused of taking/accepting bribes被控受贿的警官
- They received more than $10,000 in bribes.他们所收的贿赂超过了1万美元。
2 bribe /ˈbraɪb/ verb
bribes; bribed; bribing
2 bribe
/ˈbraɪb/
verb
bribes; bribed; bribing
Learner's definition of BRIBE
[+ object]
: to try to get someone to do something by giving or promising something valuable (such as money) : to give or offer a bribe to (someone)贿赂；收买；买通
- She was arrested for attempting to bribe a judge.她因试图向法官行贿而被捕。
- They bribed him to keep quiet about the incident.他们收买他，要他对此事件闭口不言。
- We bribed the children with candy.我们用糖果哄孩子。
bribed; bribing
: to influence the judgment or conduct of (someone) with or as if with offers of money or favor : to induce or influence by or as if by bribery
: to practice bribery
Example Sentences
Noun I offered the children a bribe for finishing their homework. that judge refused a huge bribe to dismiss the charges against the wealthy defendant Verb She was arrested for attempting to bribe a judge. They bribed him to keep quiet about the incident. We bribed the children with candy.
Recent Examples on the Web
Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022 The individuals allegedly threatened to return later to shoot a member of the cast or crew if the bribe was not paid. Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2022 Róbert Mravik’s life turns upside-down when one of his examinees, the political activist Júlia Polgár, refuses to pay him the usual bribe for getting a driver’s license. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Aug. 2022 Sorrow Bay is the beach’s name, and one of its sorriest features is the pair of corrupt wardens who, for a monthly bribe, let a small band of fanatics have the peerless waves all to themselves. Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post, 9 July 2022 In exchange for the bribe, the extradition request claims that Mr. Guzmán was able to move tons of cocaine belonging to the Sinaloa cartel through Honduras to the U.S. Santiago Pérez, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022 Prosecutors say Rosmah sought a bribe of 187.5 million ringgit ($41.80 million), and received 6.5 million ringgit from an official of the company that won the project. CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 Vázquez, 62, is accused of plotting the bribe scheme with a former FBI agent, a Venezuelan Italian bank owner, and a political consultant, according to the Justice Department. Harold Maass, The Week, 5 Aug. 2022 Herrera is accused of using intermediaries from April 2021 to August 2021 to offer a bribe to Pierluisi’s representative, who was actually acting under FBI orders, according to the indictment. DÁnica Coto, ajc, 4 Aug. 2022 Mark Maremont, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 After Vázquez lost the primary to Pierluisi, authorities said Herrera then allegedly sought to bribe him to end an audit into his bank with favorable terms for him. DÁnica Coto, ajc, 4 Aug. 2022 He is also accused of trying to bribe election officials with concert tickets, according to the Times report, citing a criminal complaint. Fox News, 1 June 2022 Rafiei, who has been accused of trying to bribe public officials in a mushrooming federal corruption probe, is also leaving her post as a member of the Democratic National Committee. Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022 In September 2020, federal prosecutors indicted six people in a scheme to bribe Amazon employees, saying the conspiracy had continued from at least 2017 to 2020. Will Evans, Wired, 18 Nov. 2021 John Blakeman, a consultant for Ms. Vázquez Garced’s campaign, has also pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe Ms. Vázquez Garced with Messrs. Velutini and Rossini. Allison Prang, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022 The charges the five defendants face include conspiracy, criminal use of means of identification, conspiracy to commit interstate harassment, conspiring to act as agents of the PRC government, and conspiring to bribe a federal official. Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 17 Mar. 2022 The suspects instructed a private investigator to bribe an Internal Revenue Service official to provide them with the artist’s tax records in hopes of finding damaging information, authorities said. Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2022 See More
Noun
Prosecutors face a high bar trying to establish that a campaign contribution amounts to a bribe. Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022 The individuals allegedly threatened to return later to shoot a member of the cast or crew if the bribe was not paid. Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2022 Róbert Mravik’s life turns upside-down when one of his examinees, the political activist Júlia Polgár, refuses to pay him the usual bribe for getting a driver’s license. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Aug. 2022 Sorrow Bay is the beach’s name, and one of its sorriest features is the pair of corrupt wardens who, for a monthly bribe, let a small band of fanatics have the peerless waves all to themselves. Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post, 9 July 2022 In exchange for the bribe, the extradition request claims that Mr. Guzmán was able to move tons of cocaine belonging to the Sinaloa cartel through Honduras to the U.S. Santiago Pérez, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022 Prosecutors say Rosmah sought a bribe of 187.5 million ringgit ($41.80 million), and received 6.5 million ringgit from an official of the company that won the project. CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 Vázquez, 62, is accused of plotting the bribe scheme with a former FBI agent, a Venezuelan Italian bank owner, and a political consultant, according to the Justice Department. Harold Maass, The Week, 5 Aug. 2022 Herrera is accused of using intermediaries from April 2021 to August 2021 to offer a bribe to Pierluisi’s representative, who was actually acting under FBI orders, according to the indictment. DÁnica Coto, ajc, 4 Aug. 2022 Verb
That case, in which Mr. Lindberg was accused of attempting to bribe North Carolina’s insurance commissioner to obtain more favorable regulatory treatment, is tentatively scheduled for retrial in March 2023. Mark Maremont, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 After Vázquez lost the primary to Pierluisi, authorities said Herrera then allegedly sought to bribe him to end an audit into his bank with favorable terms for him. DÁnica Coto, ajc, 4 Aug. 2022 He is also accused of trying to bribe election officials with concert tickets, according to the Times report, citing a criminal complaint. Fox News, 1 June 2022 Rafiei, who has been accused of trying to bribe public officials in a mushrooming federal corruption probe, is also leaving her post as a member of the Democratic National Committee. Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022 In September 2020, federal prosecutors indicted six people in a scheme to bribe Amazon employees, saying the conspiracy had continued from at least 2017 to 2020. Will Evans, Wired, 18 Nov. 2021 John Blakeman, a consultant for Ms. Vázquez Garced’s campaign, has also pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe Ms. Vázquez Garced with Messrs. Velutini and Rossini. Allison Prang, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022 The charges the five defendants face include conspiracy, criminal use of means of identification, conspiracy to commit interstate harassment, conspiring to act as agents of the PRC government, and conspiring to bribe a federal official. Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 17 Mar. 2022 The suspects instructed a private investigator to bribe an Internal Revenue Service official to provide them with the artist’s tax records in hopes of finding damaging information, authorities said. Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English, morsel given to a beggar, bribe, from Anglo-French, morsel
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1528, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Time Traveler
The first known use of bribe was in the 15th century noun
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