bribe
Example Sentences
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After being detained for a week, the women were released after paying the equivalent of $100 in bribes, with a promise to pay a further $100, according to relatives and friends.
Pointing to the issue of former Welsh Reform leader Nathan Gill being jailed for accepting Kremlin bribes, he added: "It's not about whataboutery, I think it's about proportionality."
From BBC
His letter of reference was a bribe for my silence.
From Literature
Any reasonable person can infer that these transactions are bribes.
From Salon
But it’s also a place where things work: quickly, efficiently, and, unusually for many parts of the Middle East, without the need to pay bribes.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
