单词 | bribe broker |
释义 | > as lemmasbribe broker bribe broker n. a person who negotiates or arranges the giving or receiving of a bribe or bribes, or who acts as an intermediary in this. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who bribes meeder1556 bribe-monger1563 suborner1577 briber1679 bribe broker1787 corrupter1821 boodler1885 tipster1889 nobbler1982 1787 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XXII. 19 They were in the hands of Cantoo Baboo, Mr. Hastings' black bribe broker. 1876 Expositor (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) 23 June The witness..is proven to be a disreputable character, being a bribe broker and guilty of testifying falsely regarding himself. 2004 M. Manion Corruption by Design iv. 143 Separate articles in the 1997 Criminal Law make it a crime to offer a bribe to a state functionary or act as a bribe broker. < as lemmas |
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