bribed
Example Sentences
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So their father taught them in short spurts — 20 minutes maximum, he says — and bribed them with pizza and Capri-Suns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He also told investigators that the allegation that he had "bribed" Alison-Madueke was "completely untrue".
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Sure enough, the Taliban launched Chinese-made rockets at the base after dark, planted there, we were told, by farmers who had been either bribed or coerced into doing so.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 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
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
