bribe

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

Prosecutors said Monday they would seek additional charges against Rozier in the sports betting case because they had developed evidence that the 10-year NBA veteran solicited a bribe during an alleged gambling scheme.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

Federal prosecutors plan to bring further charges against Rozier, alleging that he "solicited and accepted a bribe," The New York Times reported.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

I’d bribe her with whatever I could scrounge up from returning soda bottles to the grocery.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

The party has long grappled with venal insiders—including antigraft inspectors—who leak secrets about corruption probes in return for bribes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

For instance, former finance chief Lai Xiaomin was executed in 2021 for taking 1.8bn yuan in bribes over a 10-year period.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

A McKinsey subsidiary reached a separate Justice Department settlement that same year to resolve allegations that it had paid bribes to officials at two South Africa state-owned companies to win consulting work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

He was an energetic but unscrupulous reporter, willing to take bribes to slant stories.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Alan García, president from 1985 to 1990 and 2006 to 2011, killed himself in 2019 as he faced imminent arrest over allegations he was bribed by Odebrecht.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

He was a decent man who had been many years in the employ of the Company—not the kind of man who could be bribed to assist in a crime.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

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 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

They cautioned that a settlement could be viewed as bribing an elected official to win favorable regulatory treatment with regard to the Skydance merger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025

“Has the Resistance been bribing some Plebeian drudge to sneak you in?”

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir