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bribery

[brahy-buh-ree] / ˈbraɪ bə ri /


NOUN
payola
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In April 2026, a court in Shenzhen said Xu had pleaded guilty and "expressed remorse" for crimes including fraud, embezzlement and bribery.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Unlike the British, from whom the America’s founders adapted impeachment, the Framers wrote a definition of impeachable conduct into the Constitution—“treason, bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

The Chinese Foreign Ministry told Reuters it is seeking Mr. Bai’s extradition, citing extortion and bribery allegations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Former Lakers players Malik Beasley and Ed Davis were charged with wire fraud conspiracy and bribery in sporting contests by federal prosecutors in a sweeping indictment that included four other co-conspirators.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

One of the most reliable ways to acquire papers was through bribery, and this was the only area where I tolerated what were often unethical means of obtaining information.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The barefaced acts of injustice and shameless briberies daily occurring in the Mehkames, or halls of justice, would seem almost incredible to an European, and especially an Englishman.

From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by John Lewis Burckhardt

By small briberies employed without sense of compromise, Mrs. Becker had a way with those who served her.

From Star-Dust by Fannie Hurst

In spite of all the watchfulness, and all the briberies of his police, he could never bend to his own service the whole of this power.

From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart

One had to run the gauntlet of the custom-house here, and to practise unheard-of briberies upon the venal douaniers of the Pope before being allowed to pass on to his hotel.

From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan

The last war between Russia and Turkey brought to light official fraud and briberies, connected especially with the commissary department of the army, which disgraced the whole nation in the eyes of the world.

From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou




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