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Bribe
01
an amount of money or something of value given to someone in order to persuade them to do something that is illegal
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
bribes
Examples
The politician was caught accepting a bribe from a construction company in exchange for favorable contracts.
to bribe
01
to persuade someone to do something, often illegal, by giving them an amount of money or something of value
Transitive: to bribe sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
bribe
3rd person singular
bribes
Present participle
bribing
Past simple
bribed
Past participle
bribed
Examples
Businesses were fined for attempting to bribe government officials for favorable contracts.
Lexical Tree
bribable
bribery
bribe
