bribe-takern.
/ˈbrʌɪbˌteɪkə/, U.S. /ˈbraɪbˌteɪkər/ A person who takes a bribe or bribes; a person given to accepting bribes.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who can be bribed
ambidexter1451
briber1520
bribe-taker1549
money-takerc1616
chopping-takera1670
bribee1776
bribable1852
squarable1898
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. G.vv Thys is the noble thefte of prynces, of magystrates. Thei are bribetakers.
1626 T. Scott Sir Walter Rawleighs Ghost 22 Gondomar..One of the foure Bribe-takers for the prophane priuiledges.
a1726 W. Reeves Fatal Consequences Bribery (1733) 15 Judas had been a Preaching Thief, a Robber of the Spital, a Bribe-taker, a constant deliberate Rogue from first to last.
1821 Cobbett's Monthly Relig. Tracts May 70 The hypocritical briber, or bribe-taker, becomes, in time, wholly bereft of conscience.
1953 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 47 548 The bribe-giver seldom shares the odium or the punishment of the bribe-taker.
2003 R. Zimmerman Leaving Earth viii. 263 The campaign to end bribery and corruption never even got off the ground, mainly because the very officials who were to administer it were actually the embezzlers and the bribe-takers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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