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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity |
| Synonyms: | allurement, bait, blackmail, buyoff, compensation, contract, corrupt money, corrupting gift, enticement, envelope*, feedbag, fringe benefit, gift, goody, graft, gratuity, gravy, grease, hush money, ice*, incentive, inducement, influence peddling, kickback, lagniappe, lure, payola, perk*, perquisite, present, price, protection*, remuneration, reward, sop, sweetener, sweetening, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something for luring |
| Synonyms: | allurement, attraction, bribe, come-on, drag, enticement, inducement, lure, seducement, shill, snare, temptation, trap |
| Main Entry: | blackmail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intimidation for money; money to quiet informer |
| Synonyms: | bribe, bribery, exaction, extortion, hush money, milking, payoff, protection, ransom, slush fund, tribute |
Example Sentences
- Backstrom and three other defendants planned to bribe the judge hearing the fee dispute.
- It learned that some subcontractors were trying to bribe their way onto the job site.
- In their experience no one is likely to listen unless they are a relative, a friend, or amenable to a bribe.
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
| Synonyms: | abase, abuse, adulterate, animalize, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, grease palm, harm, hurt, ill-treat, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste |
| Antonyms: | better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manipulate, influence an event |
| Synonyms: | bribe, buy, buy off, corrupt, fiddle, have, lubricate, maneuver, pull strings, reach, square, suborn, tamper with |
| Antonyms: | play fair |
| Main Entry: | graft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payoff for fraud |
| Synonyms: | bribe, corruption, gain, hat*, hush money, juice*, money, money under the table, pay, payola, peculation, shake*, share, skimming, squeeze*, thievery |
| Notes: | a graft is one thing attached to another by insertion or implantation so it becomes part of it; a splice is the joining of two things end-to-end to make a new whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lead to believe, do |
| Synonyms: | act upon, affect, alter, argue into, arouse, be recognized, bias, brainwash*, bribe, bring to bear, carry weight, change, channel, compel, control, count, determine, direct, dispose, form, get at, guide, have a part in, impact on, impel, impress, incite, incline, induce, instigate, manipulate, modify, mold, move, persuade, predispose, prejudice, prevail, prompt, pull strings, regulate, rouse, rule, seduce, sell, shape, snow*, sway, talk into, train, turn, urge, work upon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bait |
| Synonyms: | allurement, ambush, appeal, attraction, bribe, call, camouflage, carrot, come-on, con game, decoy, delusion, draw, enticement, fake, gimmick, hook, illusion, incentive, inducement, inveiglement, invitation, magnet, mousetrap, pull, seducement, seduction, siren song, sitting duck, snare, sweetener, temptation, tout, trap, trick |
| Antonyms: | deterrent, warning |
| Main Entry: | ransom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blackmail money paid for return of possession or person |
| Synonyms: | bribe, compensation, deliverance, expiation, liberation money, payment, payoff, price, redemption, release, rescue |
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