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noun

Bribe n.

1.

A gift begged; a present. (Obs.)

2.

A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust. "Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe."

3.

That which seduces; seduction; allurement.

verb

Bribe v. t. (past & past part. bribed; pres. part. bribing)

1.

To rob or steal. (Obs.)

2.

To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to. "Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience."

3.

To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.

Bribe v. i.

1.

To commit robbery or theft. (Obs.)

2.

To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise. "An attempt to bribe, though unsuccessful, has been holden to be criminal, and the offender may be indicted." "The bard may supplicate, but cannot bribe."

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"Bribe" Quotes from Famous Books

... Ashburnham was turned out of the House of Commons the 3d of November, 1667, for taking a bribe of five hundred pounds of the merchants. I was ...

— William Lilly's History of His Life and Times - From the Year 1602 to 1681 • William Lilly

... reasons has to do with the interests of the corporate officials. It is to enable them to grant special favors to friends; or it is to build up a business in which they are interested; or it is to earn a bribe that has been ...

— Modern Economic Problems - Economics Vol. II • Frank Albert Fetter

... bribe carried the day, or whether the bishop's wife really chose to see the vicar's wife, it boots not now to inquire. The man returned, and begging Mrs Quiverful to follow him, ushered her into the presence of ...

— Barchester Towers • Anthony Trollope

... for the amount named, and handed it to the Corporal, who regarded it with a curious smile, and twirled it in his fingers. His smile may have been one of gratification at receiving the money—but it looked very much like a sneer of contempt for the donor and his bribe. ...

— Venus in Boston; - A Romance of City Life • George Thompson

... made plans—a hundred plans, but there was ever something that did not work. The captain, he too, was eager, as your honour can imagine. My faith, we thought and we thought, and we schemed and contrived, and in the end, there was only one thing to complete our plot—to bribe the jailer. Would your honour believe—it was only that one little difficulty. My Lady had given me a hundred guineas, I had enough money, your honour sees. But the man—I had smoked with him, drunk with him, ay, and made him drunk too, and I thought all was going ...

— The Light of Scarthey • Egerton Castle

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