EGAVE

bribe

About 1.50 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
  2. noun The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.
  3. noun That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
  4. verb To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something against their original will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.
    She was accused of trying to bribe the jury into making false statements.
  5. verb To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
    to bribe somebody's compliance

Similar words

corrupt buy payoff bribery payola gift buying purchase blackmail suborn

Often followed by

the to of him and or a from them

Word family

bribable bribed bribee bribees briber bribers bribes bribing

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