bribery
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The defendant, who was convicted last year on 21 counts of extortion, bribery, conspiracy and lying to the FBI, was nearly 5,000 miles away in northern Greece.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Annie Clark, Collins’ deputy chief of staff, told ProPublica in an email that Collins’ office “vigorously” denies allegations of bribery and pay-for-play made by Kao, calling his claims “outlandish.”
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Sung, 54, who pleaded guilty to two felony counts of solicitation of bribery, is the highest-ranking sheriff’s official ever convicted by the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
She was arrested in September 2025 in connection with a bribery case involving the former first lady.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
And don’t be tempted by bribery or other offers.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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 J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
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 Edmund Burke
The last war between Russia and Turkey brought to light official fraud and briberies, connected especially with the commissary department of the army, which disgraced the whole nation in the eyes of the world.
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou
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 Edmund Burke
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 Harold MacGrath
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