bribeen.
/ˌbrʌɪˈbiː/, U.S. /ˌbraɪˈbi/ A person who is or has been bribed; the recipient of a bribe or 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
1776 Public Advertiser 28 Sept. The Briber has a Thousand winning Graces which the Bribee cannot possibly resist.
1858 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem I. lix. 230 The bond between the briber and the bribee.
1881 Times 25 Jan. 8 A large number of bribees were examined.
1907 E. P. Butler Kilo xiv. 202 All this disreputable graft centers around certain brilliant objects that are not what the guilty bribers and bribees suppose them to be.
1958 Spectator 18 Apr. 478/1 It is easy, after all, to yell ‘Bribes!’ at a Chancellor, but a good deal more difficult to persuade the bribees to be high-minded and refuse them.
2007 C. Matturro Sweetheart Deal liii. 294 Pay the bribee more than his house was worth, let him pocket the money, all fair and square.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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