Bribery

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  • noun. The act or practice of offering, giving, or taking a bribe.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Theft; robbery; extortion; rapacity.
  • noun. The act or practice of giving or taking a bribe, or of influencing or being influenced by a bribe or bribes; especially, the act of paying or receiving, or of agreeing to pay or receive, a reward other than legal compensation for the exercise of official or delegated power irrespective of the dictates of duty, or for a false judgment or testimony, or for the performance of that which is known to be illegal or unjust.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Robbery; extortion.
  • noun. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.
  • noun. an oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed as to voting.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions
  • noun. the activity of giving, offering or accepting bribes
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
    • Word Usage
    "Engaging in bribery is not a precondition for emerging market success."
    cross-reference
    judicial bribery  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    felony  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    barratry  commercial bribery  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adultery  arson  bribe  coercion  corruption  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    corruption  extortion  robbery  subornation  subsidizing  
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