bribe

“And that is not a bribe because I have no intention of following through on that promise.”

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

While serving as Adams’s chief of staff, Carone agreed to accept bribe payments from the Microtel hotel owner and business manager, the indictment alleges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

According to the indictment, Rozier agreed to reduce the alleged bribe to $70,000 to cover those losses.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

“Helvar is driven by honor and only honor. You can’t bribe or bully that.”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

The United States has barred a Fiji-based man working for the Chinese state over alleged bribes to local officials, the State Department said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Kao told the FBI that the lawmakers, lobbyists and Navatek brass understood these donations were bribes and that the payments were essential to the entire scheme.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Southern Glazer’s employees tried to distort the wine and spirits market in California through bribes and other improper conduct and in the end it was the consumer that lost out,” U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

In one recent example, the office of Ukraine’s general prosecutor said in May that police departments in three separate regions had each been receiving over $20,000 a month in bribes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Perhaps the time has come to give up the racial bribes and begin an honest conversation about race in America.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The country’s largest wine and spirits distributor has entered into an agreement with federal prosecutors to resolve allegations that its executives and employees bribed alcohol retailers for favorable placement of certain products.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

So their father taught them in short spurts — 20 minutes maximum, he says — and bribed them with pizza and Capri-Suns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

He also told investigators that the allegation that he had "bribed" Alison-Madueke was "completely untrue".

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 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

Oh, he prodded and persuaded and inspired and bribed the boys to do right, but he never forced them, never commanded, never shouted.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

The brothers were nearly sidelined after a corruption scandal in Brazil almost a decade ago, in which they admitted to bribing politicians and spent several months in jail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

A South Korean court sentenced the leader of the secretive and powerful Unification Church on Monday to two years in prison on charges of bribing officials, including the then president's wife.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Next came Didius Julianus, a senatorial aristocrat who achieved the throne by bribing the guardsmen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

The law has been in place for around 50 years and prohibits US firms from trying to retain or win new business with other countries by bribing government figures.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025

Polyneices won her over to his side by bribing her with the wonderful necklace that had been the wedding gift of his ancestress Harmonia, and she made her husband go to the war.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton