bribe
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Samantha’s father hires Nana away from her grimy pub-cleaning job to answer the phone at his taxi service: a good-hearted gesture or a bribe to keep her and Janey quiet?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Fanatics uses these gatherings not to bribe or threaten their detractors into silence, but to educate them on the business.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
Brooklyn also alleged that his parents had "repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name", weeks before the ceremony.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
It was a $16 million bribe paid to a bully.
From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025
Every franc we’d saved up had gone to Eeben Axelroot, because Father had to bribe him flat-out to fly the two of us back from Léopoldville.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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