单词 | bribed |
释义 | bribedadj.ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [adjective] > stolen stolenc1380 stole1393 thief-stolen1551 bribed1552 lifted1559 embezzled1603 purloined1607 felon1631 rifled1638 furtive1718 stealed1883 crook1900 hot-stuffed1929 liberated1944 nicked1955 ripped1971 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Polled or brybed, compilatus, exactus. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 23 Diuide me like a brib'd-Bucke, each a Haunch. View more context for this quotation 2. Esp. of a person: won over or bought by a bribe; persuaded or influenced by a sum or money, gift, or other inducement. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [adjective] > of nature of bribe > bribed subornate1431 bribed?1556 waged1561 feed1579 suggested1647 suborned1676 greased1693 bought1700 nobbled1876 fixeda1889 ?1556 N. Smyth tr. Herodian Hist. v. f. lix Then wer al bribed Promoters, Accusers, & Seruauntes, whiche had betraied their Masters, & Lordes, hanged vpon Gibbettes. 1650 Man in Moon No. 40. 315 Cromwel would have Bradshaw, his bribed Creature, made High-Constable of England. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 72 The bribed Soldiers, and suborning Scribes, who by false Reports endeavoured to stifle and destroy the Credit of that Resurrection. 1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos ii. xiv. 244 The bowl a bribed attendant bore. a1876 J. Addis Elizabethan Echoes (1879) 92 The bribed Judgments that he falsely meted. 1937 C. R. Cooper Here's to Crime xv. 332 In the transfer from dock to dock, bribed truck drivers run the shipment into a ‘drop’, extract the narcotics, and put real merchandise in their place. 2001 G. Spence Half-moon & Empty Stars 379 If he did not please the system he would be cast out and another bribed judge would take his place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1552 |
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