bribe
/bɹaɪb/noun, verb1 syllable
Bribe means: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence.
Synonyms for bribe17
noun, as in payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt their judgment
payoff
verb, as in make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
also used for bribe
backhander, bung, coffee money, cold drink money, dash, douceur, inducement, kopi money, pay-off, payola, subornation, sweetener, tea money
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What does bribe mean?2
verb
1
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence“This judge can be bought”
noun
1
payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt their judgment
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with bribe?6
Bribe in a sentence
- I bribe police officers not with money, but with logic.AlanF_US
- The directors were accused of bribe, tax fraud and forgery.CM
- For a bribe, a traffic policeman agreed not to take away a driver's license.JonLDS
- All the rumors of his bribes, scandals and lovers soon blew over.unknown
- He refused to acknowledge having received a bribe.AlanF_US
- It was very sensible of him to reject the bribe.CK
- He refused to admit that he had received a bribe.AlanF_US
- He offered a big bribe to the politician.unknown
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Forms of bribe
as a noun
- plural
- bribes
as a verb
- past tense
- bribed
- present participle
- bribing
- third-person singular
- bribes
- past participle
- bribed