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bribe
noun as in payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity
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verb as in request silence, action, or inaction for money
Example Sentences
Only our choice of bribe is different: industrial trade deficits, advanced semiconductors, and the transfer of capital and intellectual property.
Mr. Modi would do well to heed complaints by ordinary people in the world’s largest democracy and curb rapacious officials’ power to extract bribes.
They also referred to bribes taken by a former Reform leader.
It was dirty, and patients had to bribe security officers and nurses to see a doctor, said the protester, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he feared reprisals.
A wine buyer for a major California grocery chain allegedly accepted lavish vacations, luxury watches, prepaid gift cards and other bribes in exchange for carrying certain wines, according to charges filed by prosecutors.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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