bribe

He told us he was contacted twice by text and offered a massive bribe - "enough money to retire on".

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

By the same token, medicine was free, but God help you if you didn’t bribe the doctors, while hospital nurses receiving no “gift” might let sick patients suffer in their excrement-soiled sheets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Federal prosecutors plan to bring further charges against Rozier, alleging that he "solicited and accepted a bribe," The New York Times reported.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

"I can state categorically that at no point did I ask for, take or receive a bribe of any sort from these persons and did not abuse my office," Alison-Madueke told the court.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

He didn’t complain or try and beg or bribe.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

During his tenure, a former vice governor of eastern Jiangxi province was executed for taking bribes, the highest-ranking official to be put to death for such charges in five decades.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

The party has long grappled with venal insiders—including antigraft inspectors—who leak secrets about corruption probes in return for bribes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

For instance, former finance chief Lai Xiaomin was executed in 2021 for taking 1.8bn yuan in bribes over a 10-year period.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

At first glance, neither player seemed to be vulnerable to bribes from gamblers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

The American candy worked extremely well as bribes to keep the little boys going.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

Alan García, president from 1985 to 1990 and 2006 to 2011, killed himself in 2019 as he faced imminent arrest over allegations he was bribed by Odebrecht.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Is it true, they ask, that Jefferson bribed Trumbull to make it look that way, to show that he, Jefferson, outranked Adams?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

More recently, as China assailed Japan, text messages and photos that Taiwan officials said came from the Chinese military spread the claim that Takaichi had been bribed by Taiwanese diplomats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Meanwhile, Habib is now back in Syria after, he says, having bribed several commanders to terminate his contract.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

“I’m dying of hunger here,” said the last soldier Shin bribed on his way out of North Korea.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

His legal troubles started shortly after his term finished in 2016, when Odebrecht admitted to bribing Latin American government officials and political parties with hundreds of millions of dollars to win business.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Some members of Deutsche Telekom’s supervisory board became concerned the donation could expose the parent company to allegations of illegally bribing a foreign government, said people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

The BBC has also learned that, in another case, an Italian businessman pleaded guilty to bribing the oligarch.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

The leader of one of South Korea's largest cult-like churches stood trial on Monday accused of bribing the country's former first lady with gifts including a designer handbag and a diamond necklace.

From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025

Every year we spend hundreds of dollars on phone calls and letters, writing, faxing, cajoling, and bribing, trying to get out of the pilgrimage to Mommy’s tiny house in Ewing.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride