noun. Money or some other benefit given to a person in power, especially a public official, in an effort to cause the person to take a particular action.

noun. Something offered to induce another to do something.

intransitive verb. To give, offer, or promise a bribe to.

intransitive verb. To give, offer, or promise bribes.

To steal.

To give or promise a reward or consideration to for acting contrary to desire or duty; induce to a certain course of action by the gift or offer of something of value; gain over or corrupt by a bribe.

To steal.

To practise bribery; give a bribe to a person.

noun. A gift begged; a present.

noun. A gift or gratuity bestowed for the purpose of influencing the action or conduct of the receiver; especially, money or any valuable consideration given or promised for the betrayal of a trust or the corrupt performance of an allotted duty, as to a fiduciary agent, a judge, legislator, or other public officer, a witness, a voter, etc.

noun. Anything that seduces: as, the bribes offered by glory or power.

transitive verb. To rob or steal.

transitive verb. To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to.

transitive verb. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.

noun. A gift begged; a present.

noun. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.

noun. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.

intransitive verb. To commit robbery or theft.

intransitive verb. To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.

noun. Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.

verb. To give a bribe to.

verb. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

noun. payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

"Whether a reward conferred for obedience shall operate as a bribe, or rather as a price paid -- for a _bribe_, strictly speaking, is a price paid, not for doing right, but for doing wrong -- depends sometimes on very slight differences in the management of the particular case -- differences which an undiscriminating mother will not be very ready to appreciate."

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