bribable

Example Sentences

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The driver said they were trying to negotiate a price for a taxi to Poipet, a Cambodian border town notorious for its bribable immigration officials.

From The Guardian • Dec. 7, 2015

Since there are millions of beneficiaries, they were more powerful than a few bribable civil servants.

From Economist • Oct. 17, 2012

Within the ranks of the smaller, but better informed, group of captains, mates, and government officials were plenty of bribable members.

From Scientific American • Nov. 22, 2011

But what makes Thailand especially attractive, Mr. Burdett said, “is the international reputation, whether deserved or not, of a compliant and bribable police force.”

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2011

To the women of his own zenana he had always been carelessly kind, and women are least bribable of the two sexes.

From The Adventures of Kathlyn by MacGrath, Harold