bribe
Example Sentences
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Standing amid an array of workstations, a volunteer explained how his team identified sympathetic individuals to buy medicine and food from Damascus, and middlemen who bribed supplies past government checkpoints into Sweida.
From Los Angeles Times
He and his wife Carla Bruni face another possible trial over allegations that they tried to bribe a key prosecution witness in the Libya campaign financing case with the help of a paparazzi boss.
From Barron's
The Times identified at least 26 fairs statewide where, in the last decade, employees or appointed officials have been accused of siphoning taxpayer money, pressuring businesses for bribes or committing egregious mismanagement.
From Los Angeles Times
When the expulsion operation began, some prisoners thought they were headed to freedom, figuring their government bribes had paid off, a Mexican official said.
He said his own mother used to bribe him with Pringles to get him to take swim lessons.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
