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
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said in July that Bai was suspected of extortion and bribery, and an extradition request had been submitted to Thailand.
From Barron's ● 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
Prosecutors began investigating the bribery scheme after receiving a 2018 tip about an unusual donation to Smith’s reelection campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“I know what a phone is for. And I know what bribery is for too. My room is worth way more.”
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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
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
By small briberies employed without sense of compromise, Mrs. Becker had a way with those who served her.
From Star-Dust by Fannie Hurst
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 barefaced acts of injustice and shameless briberies daily occurring in the Mehkames, or halls of justice, would seem almost incredible to an European, and especially an Englishman.
From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by John Lewis Burckhardt
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