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One Kano resident, who asked to be anonymous, said he had been asked to pay a bribe to get on the list.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 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

The guard demanded “a donation” as he inspected their belongings, which Saavedra viewed as a request for a bribe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

In the lower court ruling, one of the handbags was not recognised as a bribe because it had been gifted to Kim before her husband's presidential inauguration.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

“You’re trying to bribe me to miss the shot so you won’t have to pay me a million dollars.”

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

But in October last year the Supreme Court quashed that argument, saying that any such cash likely stemmed from illegal bribes and therefore should not be counted.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Some Venezuelan volunteer rescue workers said police and military officers tried shaking them down for bribes to pass checkpoints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

At first glance, neither player seemed to be vulnerable to bribes from gamblers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

A former Nigerian oil minister has been cleared of taking bribes from wealthy oil executives in the form of luxury home stays and lavish spending sprees in the UK.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

With a new wad of cash for food and bribes, China again seemed possible.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

Is it true, they ask, that Jefferson bribed Trumbull to make it look that way, to show that he, Jefferson, outranked Adams?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

At his sentencing, Judge P Kevin Castel called him a "two-faced politician" who had used his influence and national security forces to protect drug traffickers who had bribed and supported him.

From BBC ● May 19, 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

Meanwhile, Habib is now back in Syria after, he says, having bribed several commanders to terminate his contract.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

A horrifying thought occurred to Colonel Cathcart: Suppose Colonel Scheisskopf had already bribed all the men in the room to begin moaning, as they had done at the first Avignon mission.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Some members of Deutsche Telekom’s supervisory board became concerned the donation could expose the parent company to allegations of illegally bribing a foreign government, said people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Also on trial, oil industry executive Olatimbo Ayinde, 54, denies one count of bribery and another count of bribing a foreign public official.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

The BBC has also learned that, in another case, an Italian businessman pleaded guilty to bribing the oligarch.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

The leader of one of South Korea's largest cult-like churches stood trial on Monday accused of bribing the country's former first lady with gifts including a designer handbag and a diamond necklace.

From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025

Every year we spend hundreds of dollars on phone calls and letters, writing, faxing, cajoling, and bribing, trying to get out of the pilgrimage to Mommy’s tiny house in Ewing.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride