Thesaurus / bribe
other words for bribe
MOST RELEVANT
- blackmail
- compensation
- gift
- graft
- gratuity
- hush money
- incentive
- inducement
- kickback
- perk
- reward
- allurement
- bait
- contract
- enticement
- envelope
- feedbag
- goody
- gravy
- grease
- ice
- lagniappe
- lure
- payola
- perquisite
- present
- price
- protection
- remuneration
- sop
- sweetener
- take
- buyoff
- corrupt money
- corrupting gift
- fringe benefit
- influence peddling
See also synonyms for: bribing
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There’s been billions in government money unilaterally allocated to “farmers,” but the line on that has been that money is kind of a bribe so that American farmers don’t get mad about the tariffs that have been going on.
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The Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, which performed these audits, did find that billions of dollars across all projects — though not Yahn’s specifically — had been lost to corruption and bribes.
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There were many organizations that didn’t pay bribes and were able to complete their work.
WHEN YOUR SAFETY BECOMES MY DANGER (EP. 432)STEPHEN J. DUBNERSEPTEMBER 24, 2020FREAKONOMICS
She recalled her personal experience standing up to threats and declining bribes.
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It uncovered hefty bribes to get undeserving kids into college with rigged test scores or fake athletic credentials.
If you knew an honourable man was to be offered a bribe to do a dishonourable act, you would feel sure he would refuse it.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORD
It throve because it came with the tempting bribe of Heaven in one hand, and the withering threat of Hell in the other.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORD
Father is in a rage because I will not stay home; he offered me to-day the deed for two hundred acres as a bribe.
TESSA WADSWORTH'S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATER
He tried to bribe us to let him go, and made us repeated offers until he reached a figure as high as ten thousand dollars.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWS
He said he had sat the whole day at the Central Station watching passengers giving bribe to procure their tickets.
THIRD CLASS IN INDIAN RAILWAYSMAHATMA GANDHI
WORDS RELATED TO BRIBE
- abase
- abuse
- adulterate
- animalize
- bastardize
- blemish
- blight
- bribe
- contaminate
- damage
- debase
- debauch
- decay
- decompose
- deface
- defile
- deform
- degrade
- demean
- demoralize
- deprave
- depreciate
- despoil
- disfigure
- disgrace
- dishonor
- fix
- grease palm
- harm
- hurt
- ill-treat
- impair
- infect
- injure
- lower
- lure
- maltreat
- mar
- mistreat
- misuse
- outrage
- pull down
- putrefy
- ravage
- reduce
- rot
- ruin
- spoil
- square
- stain
- suborn
- subvert
- taint
- undermine
- violate
- vitiate
- warp
- waste
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