单词 | bribe |
释义 | bribe (braɪb ) Word forms: bribes , bribing , bribed 1. countable noun A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something. He was being investigated for receiving bribes. Synonyms: inducement, incentive, pay-off [informal], graft [informal] 2. verb If one person bribes another, they give them a bribe. He was accused of bribing a senior bank official. [VERB noun] The government bribed the workers to be quiet. [VERB noun to-infinitive] Synonyms: buy off, reward, pay off [informal], lure Collocations: bribe money His wife kept the bribe money and, after the war, attempted to exchange it for new francs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Government regulators and police share in bribe money, each to the tune of 43% and 45% respectively. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was said to have co-signed a $75,000 bank loan for the bribe money. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Folk found the bribe money in the bank, and began indicting participants in the bribery plot, leading a few of them to flee the state or the country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their parents do know their real names, but demand a bribe from their sons to let them know. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Border guards demanded a bribe, which the taxi driver indignantly refused to pay. Times, Sunday Times Ben only pretends to go along with this and demands a bribe of $5,000 to stay silent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The prisons were notoriously corrupt, with gaolers demanding a bribe, or garnish, for any minor comfort. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Goeth agrees, but charges a huge bribe. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Who has admitted in court to paying huge bribes to get his hands on his assets? Times, Sunday Times He required such huge bribes that the new judges could afford the sums only by taking bribes themselves from litigants in their courts. Times, Sunday Times The other suspended members were fixers who had separately suggested paying huge bribes to executive committee members. Times, Sunday Times A system of permits (vibali) allowed officials to collect huge bribes in exchange for the vibali. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The court heard he was offered a bribe to say the plot was a hoax. The Sun Offering a bribe with the intention that it be accepted and acted upon involved a form of fraudulent conduct, or at any rate of fraudulent purpose. Times, Sunday Times The legislation introduces a corporate offence of failure to prevent bribery by persons working on behalf of a business and a criminal offence of giving, promising or offering a bribe. Times, Sunday Times He has revealed details of some accounts, and named some beneficiaries, including prosecutors and a former presidential aide, who subsequently admitted being offered a bribe. Times, Sunday Times We borrowed money to pay the bribe to get him out of prison. Times, Sunday Times He did not, however, get any preferential treatment, nor pay a bribe to secure his deal, he claimed. Times, Sunday Times Pay a bribe to get it released. ST Nobody takes a driving test any more — they just pay the bribe. Times, Sunday Times Rather than pay the bribe, the developers reported the approach to the council's mayor. Times, Sunday Times The investigation into their alleged part in receiving the bribes has been dropped. Times, Sunday Times He was convicted of receiving a bribe and sentenced to six years in prison. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Similarly, the fiduciary, who received the bribe, has committed a crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I, for one, am happy to take the bribe. Times, Sunday Times If they chose not to take the bribe, they began feeding the bank cards into the code reader. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If no-one chooses to take the bribe, the player who was selected to be eliminated leaves without any money. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A regional governor had fled the country after being accused of taking a bribe, they pointed out. Times, Sunday Times I'm not saying our ref took a bribe or anything like that. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 贿赂, 贿赂 Japanese: 賄賂を使う, わいろ |
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