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bribery

[brahy-buh-ree] / ˈbraɪ bə ri /


NOUN
payola
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Mr. Kim said the corruption had “spawned a cottage industry of bribers, masquerading as so-called expediters.”

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2017

His giant company and its overarching boss-cum-effective-owner – him – had been caught standing dozily by while hackers and bribers reigned just off stage.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2013

It didn't seem like much more than a day, in which case, Walden's bribers are darned efficient.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2012

“The U.K. fine may well be unprecedented, but it may easily create the perception that alleged bribers can simply pay their way out of trouble.”

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2010

That refuge had its sequestered glades, if perchance it was unilluminating and rather heavily decorous; so that he could let the climbers, the toadies, the gold-spillers, and the bribers have the middle of the road.

From The Judgment House by Parker, Gilbert




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