bribery
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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
The new indictment adds charges of bribery in sporting contests and honest services wire fraud conspiracy to the existing two wire fraud charges he has faced since October.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Lindberg then allegedly resorted to bribery, an attempt that the commissioner—who was secretly cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation—caught on camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
I should have come with my bribery coffee and a well-practiced story.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
By small briberies employed without sense of compromise, Mrs. Becker had a way with those who served her.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
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
One had to run the gauntlet of the custom-house here, and to practise unheard-of briberies upon the venal douaniers of the Pope before being allowed to pass on to his hotel.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh
But whether Mr. Hastings had the example of others or not, their example could not justify his briberies.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
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