bribery

Former Lakers players Malik Beasley and Ed Davis were charged with wire fraud conspiracy and bribery in sporting contests by federal prosecutors in a sweeping indictment that included four other co-conspirators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Billionaire Adani met Trump Jr. while facing U.S. bribery charges.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

"Diezani Alison-Madueke was cleared of six charges of bribery at Southwark Crown Court on 17 June 2026, after a five-month trial," defence lawyer Jonathan Laidlaw said in a press release.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

With both those countries forced to deny allegations of bribery, a World Cup in North America must have seemed much less risky, with stadium infrastructure already in place.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

I didn’t beg or offer bribery, as the others were doing.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

By the aid of certain small briberies on the train and in Paris Carmichael gathered, bit by bit, that the destination of the woman he loved was America.

From The Goose Girl by MacGrath, Harold

By small briberies employed without sense of compromise, Mrs. Becker had a way with those who served her.

From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie

Now your Lordships will find, that, of these faithful domestic servants, there is not one of them who was not concerned in these enormous briberies, and in betraying their own native and natural master.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

In spite of all the watchfulness, and all the briberies of his police, he could never bend to his own service the whole of this power.

From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

These deities might be lured by certain rites and briberies into a transfer of their favors to the besieging army.

From Autobiographical Sketches by De Quincey, Thomas