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单词 bribed
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bribedadj.

Brit. /brʌɪbd/, U.S. /braɪbd/
Forms: see bribe v. and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bribe v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < bribe v. + -ed suffix1.
1. Obtained by theft; stolen. Cf. bribe v. 1. Obsolete.
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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.
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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).
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